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Bit hurried (6)

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I believe the answer is:

nipped

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This could be a double definition.

'bit' is the first definition.
(nipping is a kind of biting)

'hurried' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't understand how they can define each other.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for nipped that I've seen before include "Pinched, maybe in the bud" , "Pinched, perhaps in the bud" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer and The Telegraph.
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