Meaning

9 senses
  1. (UK, informal)Fast; speedy.

  2. (informal)Rather cold.

    Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves.

    kühl, frisch, frostig

    моро́зныйmoróznyj, зябкийzjabkij

    pleasantly cold and invigorating

  3. Inclined to nip; bitey.

  4. (Scotland, informal)Annoying; irritating.

  5. (Scotland)Sharp in taste.

    a sharp biting taste

  6. (Scotland)Spicy tasting.

  7. (Scotland)Curt.

  8. (Scotland)Parsimonious.

  9. (slang)The quality of being made of nips.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. It's quite nippy today, so take your coat with you.

  2. The air was nippy, though a beautiful spring sun shone.

    deDie Luft war frostig, obwohl eine schöne Frühlingssonne schien. — Manfredo

  3. The vehicle is very nippy and well suited to city traffic.

    deDas Fahrzeug ist sehr wendig und für den Stadtverkehr gut geeignet. — raggione

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
rather cold (of weather):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
rather cold (of weather):

Forms

nippier, nippiest
Comparativenippier Lesson
Superlativenippiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatednip

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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