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nipping

adjective

Definition of NIPPING

: sharp, chilling

— nip·ping·ly \-lē\ adverb

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First Known Use of NIPPING

1547

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Synonyms: algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, chill, chilly, coldish, cool, coolish, freezing, frigid, frosty, gelid, glacial, ice-cold, icy, cold, nippy, numbing, polar, shivery, snappy, wintry (also wintery)

Antonyms: ardent, blazing, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, glowing, hot, igneous, molten, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, seething, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, warming, white-hot

Rhymes with NIPPING

clipping, dripping, lipping, ripping, shipping, whipping

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