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Nippy
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- 1 Fast; speedy. UK, informal
"The jaunty 1969 crime caper about the cockney casanova of crime who pulls off a bullion heist in Turin during an England versus Italy football match using three nippy Mini Coopers—red, white and blue—speaks of a forgotten age in England[…]."
- 2 Rather cold. informal
"Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves."
- 3 Inclined to nip; bitey.
"Spoiling may create a pushy, nippy dog that lacks confidence."
- 4 Annoying; irritating. Scotland, informal
- 5 Sharp in taste. Scotland
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- 6 Spicy tasting. Scotland
- 7 Curt. Scotland
- 8 Parsimonious. Scotland
- 1 pleasantly cold and invigorating wordnet
- 2 a sharp biting taste wordnet
- 1 Alternative letter-case form of Nippy. UK, alt-of, historical
"Lyon's Corner House¶ A postwar survivor of a prewar original, when the name Lyon's was a guarantee of quality eating. The Pret A Manger, Starbucks and Maison Blanc of its day, complete with black-uniformed, white-pinnied waitresses known as nippies."
- 2 A waitress in a Lyons Corner House. UK, historical
"He reached across to the breakfast-table for the Daily Yell which was propped against the marmalade jar, and read with pursed lips a paragraph whose heavily leaded headlines had caught his eye, just before the interruption of the kipper episode. “Nippy” Found Dead in Epping Forest […] “Did the landlady mention where Bertha Gotobed was employed?” “Yes—she was a waitress at the Corner House. […]”"
Etymology
From nip + -y.
From nip + -y.
From nippy (“speedy”).
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