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NIPPING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pleasantly cold and invigorating
Example:
snappy weather
Synonyms:
crisp; frosty; nipping; nippy; snappy
Classified under:
Similar:
cold (having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Capable of wounding
Example:
pungent satire
Synonyms:
barbed; biting; mordacious; nipping; pungent
Classified under:
Similar:
sarcastic (expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb nip
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