About The Word Nipping
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Nipping
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What's The Definition Of Nipping?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Nipping: barbed | biting | cold | crisp | frosty | mordacious | nippy | parky | pungent | sarcastic | snappy Related Terms | Find terms related to Nipping: See Also | Nipping In Webster's Dictionary \Nip"ping\, a.
Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost;
a nipping wind.
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