The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word NIP , but the solution may also be NIP AT which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in LA Times).
Bite gently crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
NIP | 67 % | 3 |
NIP AT | 33 % | 6 |
Why may NIP-AT be the right solution?
"NIP AT" is the right solution because "nip" can mean to bite gently or to pinch lightly. When paired with "at," it indicates the action of biting gently or taking small bites.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bite gently
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- nibble
- peck
- nibbles
- nibbling
- nip
- mumble
- kiss
- kissing
- goose
- small
- bit
- bits
Crossword Answer definitions
NIP noun- A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
- A nipple, usually of a woman.
- A playful bite.
- A pinch with the nails or teeth.
- Briskly cold weather.
- A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching
- A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
- A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum.
- A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
- A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
- A short turn in a rope.
- (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another
- A pickpocket.
- To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon.
- To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
- To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
- To annoy, as by nipping.
- To taunt.
- To squeeze or pinch.
- To steal; especially to cut a purse.
- To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NIP
- Chill
- Tuck's partner
- Winter-air quality
- Winter chill
- Small bite
- Win by a nose
- Quick drink
- Pinch
- Drop to drink?
- Quick sip, as of brandy