Meaning of NIPPING
| Pronunciation: | | 'niping
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- [adj] pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"; (`parky' is a British term)
- [adj] capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"
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| | Synonyms: | | barbed, biting, cold, crisp, frosty, mordacious, nippy, parky, pungent, sarcastic, snappy |
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| | Definition: | | \Nip"ping\, a.
Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost;
a nipping wind.
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