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NIPPING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nipping mean?
• NIPPING (adjective)
The adjective NIPPING has 2 senses:
1. capable of wounding
2. pleasantly cold and invigorating
Familiarity information: NIPPING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Capable of wounding
Synonyms:
barbed; biting; mordacious; nipping; pungent
Context example:
pungent satire
Similar:
sarcastic (expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pleasantly cold and invigorating
Synonyms:
crisp; frosty; nipping; nippy; snappy
Context example:
snappy weather
Similar:
cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
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