ADVERB | all | nip and tuck, neck and neck, head-to-head | even or close in a race / race or competition or comparison |
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ADJECTIVE | all | nip and tuck, neck and neck, head-to-head | inconclusive as to outcome |
NOUN | act | nip and tuck, face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty | plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face |
Meaning | inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race / race or comparison or competition. | |
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Example | "the election was a nip and tuck affair" | |
Synonyms | neck and neck, head-to-head | |
Broader | inconclusive | not conclusive |
Adverbs | nip and tuck | even or close in a race / race or competition or comparison |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonyms | face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty | |
Narrower | nose job, rhinoplasty | cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose |
Broader | plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty | surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue |
Spanish | cirugía estética, lifting facial, ritidectomía, ritidoplastia | |
Catalan | cirurgia estètica, cirurgia plàstica, lifting facial, ritidectomia, ritidectomía, ritidoplastia, ritidoplàstia |
Meaning | Even or close in a race / race or competition or comparison. | |
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Example | "he won nip and tuck" | |
Synonyms | neck and neck, head-to-head | |
Spanish | a la par, casi juntos, empatados, juntos | |
Adjectives | nip and tuck | inconclusive as to outcome |
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