nipping (Meaning)

Wordnet

nipping (s)

capable of wounding

pleasantly cold and invigorating

Webster

nipping (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Nip

Webster

nipping (a.)

Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind.

FAQs About the word nipping

capable of wounding, pleasantly cold and invigoratingof Nip, Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind.

icy, cool, chilly, cold, frigid,freezing, chill, arctic, glacial, polar

hot, heated, sizzling, white-hot, white-hot, torrid, seething, sizzling, fiery, ardent

The chilly wind nipped at my cheeks as I stepped outside.

The flowers were beginning to nip, indicating the arrival of spring.

The dog nipped at my heels playfully as I walked by.

The thief nipped into the store quickly and stole a valuable necklace.