[
UK
/nˈɪpi/
]
[ US /ˈnɪpi/ ]
[ US /ˈnɪpi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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pleasantly cold and invigorating
a nipping wind
crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
snappy weather
a nippy fall day -
a sharp biting taste
a nippy cheese
How To Use nippy In A Sentence
- On an unseasonally nippy May Tuesday, two women, a man and a young girl wheeling a baby's buggy, set about cracking open the votes in Kinsealy.
- The subject is arranged around the city/country axis - half the plays are twitchy, snippy, morally grey urban comedies, and the other half are la-la land everything-is-nice-in-the-countryside pastorals.
- I changed back into my normal clothes, and followed him outside into the nippy, early morning air.
- He-it's usually a he-gets the same satisfaction from rapidly double declutching through the gearbox of a 1953 Jaguar C-type and flicking around the gearstick on a nippy little 2009 Hyundai i10. Die besten Nachrichten von heute
- ‘I can take care of myself,’ said Melena in a snippy voice.
- It may prove smarter to be behind the wheel of a nippy, whippy hatch and thus have a greater chance of not getting into accidents in the first place.
- I've seen you for the past three days, and you've never gotten snippy like that before.
- However, beware of painting outdoors when the weather turns nippy.
- Instead, a brisk outing in the briny climate of Leith was called for with a nippy wind whipping up the Forth.
- Oh, and it's -5 out, which is kind of nippy for Embra. Making Light: Snowpocalypse Part Next