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nippy, a.|ˈnɪpɪ|
[f. nip v.1 + -y1.]
1. Of a nipping nature or disposition; inclined to nip, in senses of the verb.
1575Turberv. Faulconrie 327 The more shee feedeth, the more greedie and nippie shee is. 1642View Printed Bk. 40 Nippie reprehensions and sometimes imprisonment. 1816Scott Old Mort. vii, His uncle, auld Nippie Milnwood has as close a grip as the deil himsell. 1898Burleigh Sirdar & Khalifa xii. 189 Anything liquid and nippy would have been a rare treat. 1898Westm. Gaz. 29 Dec. 3/3 The air is ‘nippy’, sure enough.
2. slang. Sharp, quick, active, nimble.
1853R. S. Surtees Soapey Sponge (1893) 131 Soapey..overtook a fine nippy, satin-stocked, dandified looking gentleman. 1894Sir J. D. Astley 50 Yrs. of Life II. 70, I told him he would have to be pretty nippy. 1898Burleigh Sirdar & Khalifa xi. 175 He..liked to see them keen and ‘nippy’ at every soldierly task. |