Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An acrobatic spring from a supine to an upright position.
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Examples
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He’d walk away, do a nip-up, and then make a grand gesture, saying, “Now let’s see if you can do that?”
heartbreak &triumph Trisia Tomanelli 2005
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About the only thing that didn’t go perfect was that we messed up a little when we did our double nip-up.
heartbreak &triumph Trisia Tomanelli 2005
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He’d walk away, do a nip-up, and then make a grand gesture, saying, “Now let’s see if you can do that?”
heartbreak &triumph Trisia Tomanelli 2005
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About the only thing that didn’t go perfect was that we messed up a little when we did our double nip-up.
heartbreak &triumph Trisia Tomanelli 2005
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