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NIPPING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pleasantly cold and invigorating

Example:

snappy weather

Synonyms:

crisp; frosty; nipping; nippy; snappy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Capable of wounding

Example:

pungent satire

Synonyms:

barbed; biting; mordacious; nipping; pungent

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

sarcastic (expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb nip

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