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NIPPY (nippier, nippiest)
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, nippiest Dictionary entry overview: What does nippy mean?
• NIPPY (adjective)
The adjective NIPPY has 2 senses:
1. a sharp biting taste
2. pleasantly cold and invigorating
Familiarity information: NIPPY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sharp biting taste
Context example:
a nippy cheese
Similar:
tasty (pleasing to the sense of taste)
Derivation:
nip (a tart spicy quality)
nip (the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth)
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)
Derivation:
nip (the property of being moderately cold)
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