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1
having a low or subnormal temperature
- bring a jacket, as it's a little nippy outside
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2
having a powerfully stimulating odor or flavor
- blue cheese is a little too nippy for my taste
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3
moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed
- racing around the neighborhood on a nippy scooter
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- at speed
- [chiefly British]
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4
uncomfortably cool
- a nippy wind that chilled parade watchers to the bone
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The first known use of nippy was in 1575
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