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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | nip |
a nippy cheese.
Examples of nippy
nippy
Word was the Golden State locker room was as nippy as a Bay Area summer night.
From the chron.com
After a nippy night in our yurt, we set off for Aktru, a snow-covered 4,000m peak.
From the guardian.co.uk
Once the weather gets nippy, we always begin storing ideas for winter feasts.
From the kentucky.com
Usually soups strike me as colder weather food, ideal lunches for nippy afternoons.
From the courier-journal.com
Holder had to have his wife bring him a heavier jacket as the weather turned nippy.
From the newsobserver.com
It was however surprisingly nippy and fun to drive, it had push button start as well.
From the expressandstar.com
With no heat to speak of, the lentils just warmed and satisfied us on a nippy evening.
From the guardian.co.uk
The weather was nippy in early May, but our boat was built for the weather.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The nippy striker beats his defender but can't beat the keeper Hall at his near post.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
- A sharp biting taste; "a nippy cheese"
- Crisp: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"
- A nippy (plural nippies) was a specific type of waitress associated with the J. Lyons & Co brand of tea, and its tea shops and cafes in the UK. Beginning in the late 19th century, a J. Lyons waitress was called a "Gladys". ...
- Of the weather, rather cold
- A secondary coffee taste characterized by a predominantly sweet, nipping sensation at the tip of the tongue. Caused by a higher-than-normal percentage of acids being sour.
- 1. nimble; agile; quick; fast.
