nippy
IPA: nˈɪpi
noun
- (UK, historical) A waitress in a Lyons Corner House.
adjective
- (UK, informal) Fast; speedy.
- (informal) Of the weather, rather cold.
- Inclined to nip; bitey.
- (Scotland, informal) Annoying; irritating.
- (Scotland) Sharp in taste.
- (Scotland) Curt.
- (Scotland) Parsimonious.
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Examples of "nippy" in Sentences
- The nippy soon became a national icon.
- Lovebirds are also known to be nippy and bossy.
- Thank you for helping out with the Nippy Noya article.
- Popular actress Binnie Hale played the nippy in question.
- Jackson is a nippy and skilful Midfielder who likes to get forward.
- Then again, maybe that garlic feeling is just zingy or zesty or nippy.
- Glad to see puppy up and giving suitably painful nippy bites to miscreants.
- At Hearts he was regarded as a nippy forward, equally at home on either wing.
- That night, Big Ben notices a still hypnotised Nippy in a shrub in the backyard.
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