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as in chilly
having a low or subnormal temperature
bring a jacket, as it's a little nippy outside
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as in spicy
having a powerfully stimulating odor or flavor
blue cheese is a little too nippy for my taste
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as in brisk
moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed
racing around the neighborhood on a nippy scooter
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as in chilling
uncomfortably cool
a nippy wind that chilled parade watchers to the bone
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Recent Examples of nippy
According to computer models, the pull of the Red Planet may have altered the Earth's orbit until things got nippy.
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New Atlas,
13 Jan. 2026
Crackling leaves and nippy mornings, early sunsets and football games.
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Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
Oscar Ortiz was particularly nippy down the left, Bertoni was highly energetic down the right, and Leopoldo Luque was a good foil for Kempes, scoring a spectacular long-range strike against France.
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Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
With it, there’s no need to haul up a turtleneck or coat collar in the nippy wind or rain.
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Alexandra Pereira,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Feb. 2025
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New Atlas,
13 Jan. 2026
Crackling leaves and nippy mornings, early sunsets and football games.
—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
20 Oct. 2025
Oscar Ortiz was particularly nippy down the left, Bertoni was highly energetic down the right, and Leopoldo Luque was a good foil for Kempes, scoring a spectacular long-range strike against France.
—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
With it, there’s no need to haul up a turtleneck or coat collar in the nippy wind or rain.
—
Alexandra Pereira,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for nippy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nippy
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Flemings, like Peterson a one-and-done player in college, had 14 points on chilly 4-of-16 shooting.
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Then the movie ended, and someone flicked the lights, and people wiped their faces and checked their apps and the door opened for a chilly evening breeze.
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Wild Arugula While standard arugula may be part of many reasonably priced salad mixes, the deliciously spicy, dainty wild arugula fetches premium prices of $4 to $6 for a 5-ounce bunch.
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Modales leans into cold-hardy grapes varieties like blaufränkisch, the spicy Austrian red variety that has become a favorite by-the-glass pour at Ox Bar.
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Studies show that orgasms also relieve menstrual pain, lower blood pressure, enhance circulation, correlate with better cardiac functioning, and burn calories equivalent to thirty minutes of brisk walking.
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The glacier carts and kiosks that dish out ice cream, soft serve and sorbets did brisk business all week.
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Hearing that growl, that was bone chilling, but working with the jaguar was awesome.
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Open-government advocates said the bill would have a chilling effect on the public’s ability to access records.
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Next to him, the waters of Lincoln’s Sinking Spring still ran cold.
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If time doesn’t allow for spa treatments, a morning swim in the indoor pool accompanied by a sauna and cold plunge in one of their two thermal suites might suffice.
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The club is located in Lancaster County, surrounded by chicken and dairy farms that give off a pungent odor of fermenting feed and manure.
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Italian sauvignon blanc offers an alterative that is typically subtler, more textured and less dependent on those pungent aromatics.
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Earthquakes' sudden, rapid shaking can cause fires, tsunamis, landslides or avalanches.
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At the heart of the clash is how to manage wild horse populations that can reproduce at a rapid clip.
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The 25, also non-chill filtered, is bottled at 47 percent ABV (94 proof), and that higher proof goes a long way to unlocking the flavor here.
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It was bottled at 43% ABV and is non-chill filtered.
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“Nippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nippy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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