nipping

Lowe said he grabbed a dishrag and tried to wave the smoke away from the smoke detector — only to have Moose start nipping at the rag and at his finger “aggressively.”

The ball was nipping, Matt Henry and Nathan Smith relentless in their accuracy.

There was also the time Clyde woke me up by nipping my chin hard enough to leave a welt because I had not served his breakfast quickly enough.

The visitors were faced with the nipping ball and skilful Kiwis, so responded in the only way they know: aggression.

Biden was at his peak back then and probably would have beaten Trump, nipping his political career in the bud.