OriginFrom Middle Low German knipen.
- to pinch, squeeze, press
“De som stod rundt ristet skjelvende på hodet, mens Leiv knep sammen leppene så de ble helt hvite. https://books.google.no/books?id=kaASCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT300&lpg=PT300&dq=%22knep+sammen%22&source=bl&ots=O2”
Formsknip(imperative) · kniper(present) · knipes(passive) · knep(past) · kneip(past) · knepet(participle, past) · knipende(participle, present)