nipping English

Meaning nipping meaning

What does nipping mean?

nipping

— adjective (= crisp, frosty, nippy, snappy) pleasantly cold and invigorating crisp clear nights and frosty mornings a nipping wind a nippy fall day snappy weather

— adjective (= barbed, biting, pungent) capable of wounding a barbed compliment a biting aphorism pungent satire

Synonyms nipping synonyms

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nipping English » English

crisp

snappy

pungent

nippy

biting

mordacious

keen

frosty

sharp

pinching

cutting

barbed

witty

trenchant

strident

spicy

smashing

shrill

pointed

piquant

mordant

incisive

fresh

epigrammatic

edged

crushing

cold

caustic

bristly

blistering

bitter

acerbic

acerb