nippy (redirected from nippily)

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 [ˈnɪpɪ]

adj -pier, -piest

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

2. Brit 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

nippily  adv

nippiness  n

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) 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.

Translations

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

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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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