gnip

English

Alternative forms
  • gnyp (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Verb

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
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