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Use in varieties of Scots

nipping Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words3.4 1.5 10.6 0 0 0 4.4
Number of occurrences113 7 0 0 0 1
Number of authors6 3 2 1

Occurrences of nipping in Corpus

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Central

@alistairdunn tweeted
ly because it'll stop shannon nipping ma heed aboot being organised(2015) search twitter

@g_hibby tweeted
al @rab_nixon ??... Handy for nipping along tae the ASDA mind... (2023) twitter link

@SusiBriggs1 tweeted
hit??? Ye wid hae been faster nipping oot tae Curries for a new lap(2020) search twitter

Doric

@cligeey tweeted
@FinHall @Ali_Leith Nipping on min(2020) search twitter
@Phoenix45Blog Wife hid been nipping his heid(2020) search twitter
@Ali_Leith A wiz nipping on(2020) search twitter
Nipping noo https://t.co/icutZgumVc(2020) search twitter
@amyrobyn @Nicola_Meighan Nipping oot for a fix noo and then(2020) search twitter

@fittiecrooners tweeted
a heed's buzzing wee the wife nipping it. Told her the nicht me, Be(2017) search twitter
quiet pint n nip withoot her nipping ma heed(2020) search twitter

Ulster

@TheFarrierPhil tweeted
@CeeferCrafts *Simone nipping oot to tha shap fae milk! #qu(2021) search twitter