nip

A small amount of liquor.

To sip (alcoholic liquor) in small amounts.

To take a sip or sips of alcoholic liquor.

To seize and pinch or bite.

To remove or sever by pinching or snipping.

To bite or sting with the cold; chill.

To check or cut off the growth or development of.

To snatch up hastily.

To take (the property of another) unlawfully; steal.