NIPPY

crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy

(adjective) pleasantly cold and invigorating; “crisp clear nights and frosty mornings”; “a nipping wind”; “a nippy fall day”; “snappy weather”

nippy

(adjective) a sharp biting taste; “a nippy cheese”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

Nippy (plural Nippies or Nippys)

(UK, dated) A waitress in a Lyons Corner House.

Etymology

Adjective

nippy (comparative nippier, superlative nippiest)

(UK, informal) fast; speedy

(informal) Of the weather, rather cold.

Inclined to nip; bitey.

(Scotland, informal) annoying; irritating

(Scotland) sharp in taste

(Scotland) curt

(Scotland) parsimonious

Source: Wiktionary



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