NIP AND TUCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nip and tuck mean? 

• NIP AND TUCK (noun)
  The noun NIP AND TUCK has 1 sense:

1. plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

  Familiarity information: NIP AND TUCK used as a noun is very rare.

• NIP AND TUCK (adjective)
  The adjective NIP AND TUCK has 1 sense:

1. inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition

  Familiarity information: NIP AND TUCK used as an adjective is very rare.

• NIP AND TUCK (adverb)
  The adverb NIP AND TUCK has 1 sense:

1. even or close in a race or competition or comparison

  Familiarity information: NIP AND TUCK used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NIP AND TUCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

cosmetic surgery; face lift; face lifting; facelift; lift; nip and tuck; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty

Context example:

some actresses have more than one face lift

Hypernyms ("nip and tuck" is a kind of...):

anaplasty; plastic surgery; reconstructive surgery (surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nip and tuck"):

nose job; rhinoplasty (cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose)

• NIP AND TUCK (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition

Synonyms:

head-to-head; neck and neck; nip and tuck

Context example:

the election was a nip and tuck affair

Similar:

inconclusive (not conclusive; not putting an end to doubt or question)

• NIP AND TUCK (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Even or close in a race or competition or comparison

Synonyms:

head-to-head; neck and neck; nip and tuck

Context example:

he won nip and tuck

Pertainym:

nip and tuck (inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition)