nippy (redirected from nippiest)

nip·py  (np)

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.

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nippi·ly adv.

nippi·ness n.

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nippy

Adjective

[-pier, -piest]

1. (of weather) frosty or chilly

2. Informal quick or nimble

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

Thesaurus

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"

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nippy

adjective 1. chilly, biting, parky Brit. (informal)

adjective 2. Brit. (informal) fast, (Informal) quick, speedy

3. Brit. (informal) agile, fast, quick, active, lively, nimble, sprightly, spry

Translations

nippy [ˈnɪpɪ] adj (BRIT) [person] → rápido; [taste] → picante;

it's a very nippy car → es un coche muy potente para el tamaño que tiene

nippy [ˈnɪpɪ] adj (Brit) [person] → alerte, leste: [car] → nerveux/euse

nippy [ˈnɪpɪ] (Brit) adj (= quick) (person) → flott (= 000) (car) → spritzig (= cold); frisch

nippy [ˈnɪpɪ] adj [weather] → pungente;

(BRIT) [car, person] → svelto/a

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nippy nip