Nip

nounadjectiveattested in dialogue

//nɪp//

A Japanese person.

noun

1
datedA Japanese person.
CHUNGKING, Oct. 10—Chinese counterblows against the Japanese offensive in south China have reeled the Nips back from two towns in the approaches to Kweilin, capital city of Kwangsi Province, today’s Chinese High Command communique announced.

Etymology

Clipping of Nipponese, derived from Nippon, from Japanese 日本 (Nippon).

adjective

1
datedJapanese.

Forms

plural: Nips

Ninja · An anti-government Bakongo rebel, active in Pool Department,…ninth · The ordinal form of the number nine.nip · To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two…

Nip · A Japanese person.

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