Nip and tuck Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    face lift; lift; rhytidectomy; rhytidoplasty; facelift; face lifting; cosmetic surgery.
    • some actresses have more than one face lift
  2. adjective satellite inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition
    neck and neck; head-to-head.
    • as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck
    • the election was a nip and tuck affair
  3. adverb even or close in a race or competition or comparison
    neck and neck; head-to-head.
    • the horses ran neck and neck
    • he won nip and tuck

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Definitions
  1. a phrase signifying equality in a contest. Low, U.S.

Webster 1913