| verb | squeeze tightly between the fingers “He pinched her behind” |
| verb | give a small sharp bite to “The Queen's corgis always nip at her staff's ankles” |
| verb | sever or remove by pinching or snipping “nip off the flowers” |
| adjective | capable of wounding “a barbed compliment” |
| adjective | pleasantly cold and invigorating “crisp clear nights and frosty mornings” |
| pinch | noun | a squeeze with the fingers |
| squeeze | noun | a twisting squeeze |
| nipper | noun | a grasping structure on the limb of a crustacean or other arthropods |
| nip | noun | a small sharp bite or snip |
| clip | noun | the act of clipping or snipping |
| clipper | noun | shears for cutting grass or shrubbery (often used in the plural) |
| clipping | noun | the act of clipping or snipping |
| snip | noun | the act of clipping or snipping |
| snipping | noun | a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off) |
| pungency | noun | wit having a sharp and caustic quality |
| frost | noun | weather cold enough to cause freezing |
| frostiness | noun | coldness as evidenced by frost |
| snap | noun | a spell of cold weather |