dash vs nip

dash

noun
  • A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon. 

  • Violent strike; a whack. 

  • The dashboard of a Tumblr user. 

  • Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar). 

  • A rushing or violent onset. 

  • A short run, flight. 

  • Ostentatious vigor. 

  • The longer of the two symbols of Morse code. 

  • A slight admixture. 

  • A bribe or gratuity; a gift. 

  • A dashboard. 

  • A hyphen or minus sign. 

verb
  • To leave or depart. 

  • To complete hastily. 

  • To ruin; to destroy. 

  • To dishearten; to sadden. 

  • To sprinkle; to splatter. 

  • To run quickly or for a short distance. 

  • To destroy by striking (against). 

  • To draw or write quickly; jot. 

  • To throw violently. 

intj
  • Damn! 

nip

noun
  • A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor. 

  • A hamburger. 

  • A more or less gradual thinning out of a stratum. 

  • Briskly cold weather. 

  • A playful bite. 

  • A small cut, or a cutting off the end. 

  • A nipple, usually of a woman. 

  • A pinch with the nails or teeth. 

  • A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching 

  • A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost. 

  • A short turn in a rope. 

  • The place of intersection where one roll touches another 

  • A biting sarcasm; a taunt. 

verb
  • To squeeze or pinch. 

  • To annoy, as by nipping. 

  • To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip. 

  • To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy. 

  • To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or closed; to pinch; to close in upon. 

  • To taunt. 

  • To benumb [e.g., cheeks, fingers, nose] by severe cold. 

  • To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip. 

How often have the words dash and nip occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )