nippy
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nippy¹
- /ˈnɪpi/
Rhymes with -ɪpi
adjective nippier · nippiest
- Fast; speedy. 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[…].
- Rather cold. Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves.
- Inclined to nip; bitey. Spoiling may create a pushy, nippy dog that lacks confidence.
- Annoying; irritating.
- Sharp in taste.
- Spicy tasting.
- Curt.
- Parsimonious.
- The quality of being made of nips.
noun nippies
- Alternative letter-case form of Nippy 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.
Nippy²
Rhymes with -ɪpi
Where it comes from
From nippy (“speedy”).
noun Nippies · Nippys · nippy
- A waitress in a Lyons Corner House. 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 landl
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Talk about this word "nippy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/nippy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. nippy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/nippy "nippy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/nippy.
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@misc{nippy_2026,
title = {nippy},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nippy},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
