Nip and tuck

nip and tuck
    adv 1: even or close in a race or competition or comparison;
           "the horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck"
           [syn: {neck and neck}, {head-to-head}, {nip and tuck}]
    adj 1: inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race
           or comparison or competition; "as they approached the
           finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a
           nip and tuck affair" [syn: {neck and neck}, {head-to-
           head}, {nip and tuck}]
    n 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; "some
         actresses have more than one face lift" [syn: {face lift},
         {facelift}, {lift}, {face lifting}, {cosmetic surgery},
         {rhytidectomy}, {rhytidoplasty}, {nip and tuck}]
    

Nip \Nip\, n.
   1. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the
      northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
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   2. A pinch with the nails or teeth.
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   3. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
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   4. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
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   5. A biting sarcasm; a taunt. --Latimer.
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   6. (Naut.) A short turn in a rope.
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   {Nip and tuck}, a phrase signifying equality in a contest;
      as, it was nip and tuck right to the last minute of play.
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24 Moby Thesaurus words for "nip and tuck":
      alike, at par, au pair, commensurate, drawn, equal, equalized,
      even, even stephen, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, knotted, level,
      like, on a footing, on a level, on a par, on even ground, par,
      proportionate, quits, square, stalemated, tied