gnip

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Etymology[edit]

Origin obscure. Perhaps an alteration of knip (to bite, crop, nip).

Verb[edit]

gnip (third-person singular simple present gnips, present participle gnipping, simple past and past participle gnipped)

  1. (obsolete, Scotland) To nip, bite; to champ at the bit