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nippy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective nippy has 2 senses
- nippy(s = adj.all) Array - a sharp biting taste; "a nippy cheese" Derived forms noun nip5, noun nip3
- nippy(s = adj.all) crisp, frosty, nipping, snappy - pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather" Derived form noun nip4
CIDE DICTIONARY
nippy, adj.
Pleasantly cold and invigorating; -- of weather conditions. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
nippy, adj. (nippier, nippiest) colloq.
1 quick, nimble, active.
2 chilly, cold.
1 quick, nimble, active.
2 chilly, cold.
Derivative
nippily adv.
Etymology
NIP(1) + -Y(1)
THESAURUS
nippy
Siberian, algid, arctic, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, burning, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, cool, crisp, curried, cutting, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, hibernal, hiemal, high-seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, inclement, keen, lively, nipping, numbing, penetrating, peppery, piercing, pinching, racy, raw, rigorous, seasoned, severe, sharp, shivery, sleety, slushy, snappy, spiced, spicy, stone-cold, subzero, supercooled, tangy, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, with a kick, zestful, zesty, zippy
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