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1 nippy
1) ((of the weather) cold.) fresquillo2) (quick-moving; nimble: a nippy little car.) rápidotr['nɪpɪ]1) sharp: fuerte, picante2) chilly: fríoit's nippy today: hoy hace frío'nɪpiadjective -pier, -piest1) ( chilly) (colloq) frío2) ( of flavor) (AmE) <cheese/taste> fuerte3) (BrE colloq) <car/person> rápido['nɪpɪ]ADJ (compar nippier) (superl nippiest)1) (=quick) [person] ágil, rápido; [car] rápidobe nippy about it! — ¡date prisa!
we shall have to be nippy — tendremos que darnos prisa, tendremos que apurarnos or movernos (LAm)
2) (=cold) [weather] fresquito* * *['nɪpi]adjective -pier, -piest1) ( chilly) (colloq) frío2) ( of flavor) (AmE) <cheese/taste> fuerte3) (BrE colloq) <car/person> rápido
См. также в других словарях:
nippiest — nip·py || nɪpɪ adj. pinching; sharp, biting … English contemporary dictionary
nippy — /nip ee/, adj., nippier, nippiest. 1. chilly or cold: morning air that feels a bit nippy. 2. sharp or biting; tangy: This cheese has a good, nippy taste. 3. Chiefly Brit. Informal. nimble; agile. [1565 75; NIP1 + Y1] * * * … Universalium
nippy — adjective (nippier, nippiest) informal 1》 Brit. able to move quickly; nimble. 2》 (of weather) chilly. 3》 Scottish & Canadian (of food) sharp tasting; tangy. Derivatives nippily adverb nippiness noun … English new terms dictionary
nippy — UK [ˈnɪpɪ] / US adjective Word forms nippy : adjective nippy comparative nippier superlative nippiest informal 1) British able to run or move quickly 2) if the weather is nippy, it is cold … English dictionary
nippy — /ˈnɪpi / (say nipee) adjective (nippier, nippiest) 1. apt to nip; sharp; biting. 2. bitingly cold, as the weather. 3. Colloquial nimble; active. {nip1 + p + y1} …
nippy — ► ADJECTIVE (nippier, nippiest) informal 1) quick; nimble. 2) chilly … English terms dictionary
nippy — [nip′ē] adj. nippier, nippiest 1. nipping or tending to nip, or pinch 2. cold in a stinging way 3. [Brit. Informal] quick or nimble nippiness n … English World dictionary
nippy — adj. (nippier, nippiest) colloq. 1 quick, nimble, active. 2 chilly, cold. Derivatives: nippily adv. Etymology: NIP(1) + Y(1) … Useful english dictionary