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nip·py

(nĭp′ē)

adj. nip·pi·er, nip·pi·est

1. Tending to nip: an exuberant, nippy puppy.

2. Sharp or biting: nippy cheese.

3. Bitingly cold: a nippy fall day.

nip′pi·ly adv.

nip′pi·ness n.

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nippy

(ˈnɪpɪ)

adj, -pier or -piest

1. (of weather) chilly, keen, or frosty

2. informal

a. quick; nimble; active

b. (of a motor vehicle) small and relatively powerful

3. (of the taste of food) biting, sharp, or pungent

4. (of a dog) inclined to bite

ˈnippily adv

ˈnippiness n

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nip•py

(ˈnɪp i)

adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.

1. chilly; cold.

2. sharp; pungent.

3. nimble; agile.

[1565–75]

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Adj.	1.	nippy - a sharp biting taste; "a nippy cheese" tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel"
	2.	nippy - pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather" nipping, snappy, crisp, frosty cold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer"

nippy

adjective

1. chilly, biting, parky (Brit. informal) It can get quite nippy in the evenings.

2. fast (Informal) quick, speedy This nippy new car has fold-down rear seats.

3. agile, fast, quick, active, lively, nimble, sprightly, spry He's nippy, and well suited to badminton.

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nippy

adjective

Marked by a low temperature:

chill, chilly, cold, cool, shivery.

Translations

بارِد، قارِصسَريع الحَرَكَه

chladnýčilýřezavě studenýrychlý

bidenderap

behände beißend

âpre rapide

napursnöggur, lipur

lesto

snerten

acıatikçevik dondurucu hızlı

刺骨的敏捷的

nippy

[ˈnɪpɪ] ADJ (nippier (compar) (nippiest (superl)))

1. (= quick) [person] → ágil, rápido; [car] → rápido
be nippy about it! → ¡date prisa!
we shall have to be nippy → tendremos que darnos prisa, tendremos que apurarnos or movernos (LAm)

2. (= cold) [weather] → fresquito

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nippy

[ˈnɪpi] adj

(= chilly) → frais(fraîche)
It's a bit nippy → Il fait un peu frais.

(British) [person] (= fast) → rapide

(British) [car] → nerveux/euse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

nippy

adj (+er)

(Brit inf) → flink, flott; car, motor → spritzig; to be nippy → sich beeilen

(= sharp, cold) weather → frisch; wind → frisch, beißend

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nippy

[ˈnɪpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam)

a. (Brit) (person, car) → svelto/a
be nippy about it! → sbrigati!, fa' alla svelta!

b. (wind, weather) → pungente
it's nippy → l'aria è pungente

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nip

(nip) – past tense, past participle nipped – verb

1. to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite. A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.

2. to cut with such an action. He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.

3. to sting. Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.

4. to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey. I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.

5. to stop the growth of (plants etc). The frost has nipped the roses.

noun

1. the act of pinching or biting. His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.

2. a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather. a nip in the air.

3. a small drink, especially of spirits.

ˈnippy adjective

1. (of the weather) cold.

2. quick-moving; nimble. a nippy little car.

nip (something) in the bud

to stop (something) as soon as it starts. The managers nipped the strike in the bud.

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