nippy

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: nip=py

CIDE DICTIONARY

nippy, adj. 

 Pleasantly cold and invigorating; -- of weather conditions.  [WordNet 1.5]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nippy, adj. (nippier, nippiest) colloq.
1 quick, nimble, active.
2 chilly, cold.

Derivative

nippily adv.

Etymology

NIP(1) + -Y(1)

THESAURUS

nippy

Siberian, algid, arctic, below zero, biting, bitter, bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, brisk, brumal, burning, chill, chilly, cold, cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, cool, crisp, curried, cutting, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, hibernal, hiemal, high-seasoned, hot, hot as pepper, hyperborean, ice-cold, ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, inclement, keen, lively, nipping, numbing, penetrating, peppery, piercing, pinching, racy, raw, rigorous, seasoned, severe, sharp, shivery, sleety, slushy, snappy, spiced, spicy, stone-cold, subzero, supercooled, tangy, winterbound, winterlike, wintery, wintry, with a kick, zestful, zesty, zippy