Nippy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a sharp biting taste

pleasantly cold and invigorating

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˈɪpi/

🇬🇧British English

/nˈɪpi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˈɪpi/

2 syllables Say it as /nˈɪpi/.

Examples

a nippy cheese
crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
a nipping wind

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

frosty nipping snappy crisp

Parts of Speech

adjective	a sharp biting taste “a nippy cheese”
adjective	pleasantly cold and invigorating “crisp clear nights and frosty mornings”

Word Forms

nip	noun	the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth
frost	noun	weather cold enough to cause freezing
frostiness	noun	coldness as evidenced by frost
snap	noun	a spell of cold weather

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

spritzig

ein scharfer, beißender Geschmack

🇫🇷French

vif

un goût piquant et mordant

🇪🇸Spanish

ágil

un sabor picante y picante

🇮🇹Italian

scattante

un sapore pungente e pungente

🇳🇱Dutch

nipt

een scherpe bijtende smaak

🇵🇹Portuguese

mordaz

um sabor picante e picante

🇷🇺Russian

проворный

острый горький вкус

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पालेदार

तीखा काटने वाला स्वाद

🇧🇩Bengali

নিপি

একটি ধারালো কামড়ের স্বাদ

🇮🇳Tamil

நிப்பி

ஒரு கூர்மையான கடிக்கும் சுவை

🇮🇳Telugu

నిప్పీ

ఒక పదునైన కొరికే రుచి

🇮🇳Marathi

निप्पी

तीक्ष्ण चावणारी चव

🇮🇳Gujarati

નિપ્પી

તીક્ષ્ણ ડંખવાળો સ્વાદ

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಪ್ಪಿ

ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣವಾದ ಕಚ್ಚುವಿಕೆಯ ರುಚಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിപ്പി

മൂർച്ചയുള്ള കടിക്കുന്ന രുചി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਨਿੱਪੀ

ਇੱਕ ਤਿੱਖਾ ਕੱਟਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਸੁਆਦ

🇵🇰Urdu

نپی

ایک تیز کاٹنے کا ذائقہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

尼皮

刺鼻的味道

🇯🇵Japanese

素敵な

鋭い噛み味

🇰🇷Korean

멍청하다

날카로운 씹는 맛

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nhanh nhẹn

một hương vị cắn sắc nét

🇹🇭Thai

ว่องไว

รสขมที่คมชัด

🇮🇩Indonesian

lincah

rasa menggigit yang tajam

🇵🇭Filipino

makulit

isang matalim na nakakagat na lasa

🇲🇾Malay

lincah

rasa menggigit yang tajam

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

حريف

طعم لاذع حاد

🇮🇷Persian

تنبل

طعم گزنده تند

🇹🇷Turkish

çevik

keskin bir ısırma tadı

🇮🇱Hebrew

זָרִיז

טעם נושך חד

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