knip

Probably from late Middle English *knippen, from Middle Dutch knippen, whence modern Dutch knippen (“to cut, clip, snip”). Doublet of gnip and nip.

knip (third-person singular simple present knips, present participle knipping, simple past and past participle knipped)

1. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of nip
2. (dialectal) Alternative form of knep

• knep
• kneppars

• pink, Pink

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knip (present knip, present participle knippende, past participle geknip)

1. to cut

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knip

1. inflection of knippen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

• pink

Borrowed from Low Prussian knîf.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɲip/
• Rhymes: -ip
• Syllabification: knip

knip m inan (related adjective knipik or knipiczk)

1. clasp-knife, penknife

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “knip”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “kozik”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2

knip

1. imperative of knipe

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

knip

1. imperative of knipa

Deverbal from knipa. Attested since 1721 in the sense "stomach pain". Doublet of knep, knippa, and knippe.

knip n

1. pinch

• magknip

• knip in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• knip in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• knip in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• pink