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How to use nippy in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Nippy means fast; speedy. Example: “Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves.”

Examples of nippy by meaning

adjectiveFast; speedy.

  • A Rolls Royce will not do if you need an economical, nippy car that is easy to park.c. 2000, Melanie Allen, Customer Relations Management, page 6

adjectiveRather cold.

  • Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves.
  • “It’s nippy out.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
  • Hertfordshire: On a nippy day in our local wood, we found a field mouse.2023 February 18, Anoushka, “Young country diary: I found a little criminal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

adjectiveInclined to nip; bitey.

  • Spoiling may create a pushy, nippy dog that lacks confidence.1995, Nancy Baer, Choosing a Dog: A Guide to Picking the Perfect Breed, page 161

More sentences with nippy

  • There is a nip in the air. It is nippy outside.From the entry nip
  • But both those cars are nippy, fun, willing, cinched-down, pretty tossable little cars.2013, Wall Street Journal, "Nissan Versa Note Isn't Worth the Cost at Any Price" (October 4, 2013). From the entry tossable
  • Given our nippy winters of late, you’d think this problem would have been solved by now.2012 February 10, Lisa Armstrong, “Boots taking the ugh out of Ugg”, in The Daily Telegraph, number 48,739, page 34. From the entry bootwear
  • Cuddling is what an epidemic of lovers are doing all around us on this nippy, dazzling day.2009, Keith Spicer, Paris Passions: Watching the French Being Brilliant and Bizarre, BookSurge, →ISBN, page 43. From the entry octopi
  • Steaming fresh-from-the-oven breads taste especially good on nippy, fall days.1968 November 20, “Mincemeat-Walnut Muffins-⁠-Good!”, in Valley Times, volume 31, number 280, San Fernando Valley, Calif., page 11, column 1. From the entry mincemeaty
  • Fox in the box is like just a sharp, y'know, like nippy kinda player, scores the goals but don't do much else just a fox in the box.2023 July 13, First We Feast, 20:14 from the start, in Harry Kane Takes One For the Team While Eating Spicy Wings, spoken by Harry Kane. From the entry fox in the box

Meaning of nippy

  1. adjective Fast; speedy.
  2. adjective Rather cold.
  3. adjective Inclined to nip; bitey.

Full definition of nippy

Questions about nippy in a sentence

How do you use nippy in a sentence?
Nippy is used as an adjective. For example: “Gosh, it's a bit nippy today: I'd better wear my gloves.”
What is a short sentence with nippy?
““It’s nippy out.”
What does nippy mean?
Nippy means fast; speedy.

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