Adjective nip and tuck has 1 sense
- neck and neck, head-to-head, nip and tuck - inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition; "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair"
Antonym: conclusive (indirect, via inconclusive)
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Adverbial nip and tuck has 1 sense
- neck and neck, head-to-head, nip and tuck - even or close in a race or competition or comparison; "the horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck"
Derived from adjective nip and tuck1
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Noun nip and tuck has 1 sense
- face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, nip and tuck - plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift"
--1 is a kind of plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty
--1 has particulars: nose job, rhinoplasty
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