- barbed, biting, nipping, pungent, mordacious - capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
 Antonym: unsarcastic (indirect, via sarcastic)
 
- crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy, parky - pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"; (`parky' is a British term)
 Antonym: hot (indirect, via cold)
 
- pinch, squeeze, twinge, tweet, nip, twitch - squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"
 --1 is one way to grip
 
 Sample sentences:Derived form: noun nipper2 
 Somebody ----s something
 Something ----s something
 
- nip - give a small sharp bite to; "The Queen's corgies always nip at her staff's ankles"
 --2 is one way to bite, seize with teeth
 
 Sample sentence:Derived form: noun nip5 
 Something ----s something
 
- nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off - sever or remove by pinching or snipping; "nip off the flowers"
 --3 is one way to cut
 Sample sentences:
 Somebody ----s something
 Somebody ----s somebody
 Something ----s somebody
 Something ----s something