nipping

[Nip·ping]

Pleasantly cold and invigorating

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

Adjective S.
pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather"; (`parky'' is a British term)

Adjective S.
capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"


p. pr. & vb. n.
of Nip

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


Nipping

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

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

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Usage Examples

I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March wind sweeping down from the fells, finding its way inside my clothing, nipping at my nose and ears.

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