nipping

(verb) squeeze tightly between the fingers. Synonyms: pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch. Examples: "He pinched her behind." "She squeezed the bottle."

(verb) give a small sharp bite to. Synonyms: nip. Example: "The queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles."

(verb) sever or remove by pinching or snipping. Synonyms: nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off. Example: "Nip off the flowers."

(adj) capable of wounding. Synonyms: barbed, biting, pungent, mordacious. Examples: "A barbed compliment." "A biting aphorism." "Pungent satire."

(adj) pleasantly cold and invigorating. Synonyms: crisp, frosty, nippy, snappy. Examples: "Crisp clear nights and frosty mornings." "A nipping wind." "A nippy fall day." "Snappy weather."