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Fast; speedy.UKinformal
- 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[…].
- A Rolls Royce will not do if you need an economical, nippy car that is easy to park.
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Rather cold.informal
- Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves.
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Inclined to nip; bitey.
- Spoiling may create a pushy, nippy dog that lacks confidence.
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Annoying; irritating.Scotlandinformal
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Sharp in taste.Scotland
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Spicy tasting.Scotland
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Curt.Scotland
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Parsimonious.Scotland
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The quality of being made of nips.slang
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Alternative letter-case form of Nippy.UKalt-ofhistorical
- 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