(informal, weather) Rather cold.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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The forecast is calling for nipply I mean nippy weather
(UK, informal) Fast; speedy.
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.
“The forecast is calling for nipply I mean nippy weather”
“Bit nippy Id hate to be out in the open seas in thi........ Oh bugger!!!!!!”
“So what is the chilling effect? Nippy or in-nippy?”
“5 miles after work. A wee bit nippy out there.”
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Inclined to nip; bitey.
Small, nippy and ever present in the England set-up, the Fulham winger [Rachel Yankey] is one of the the most recognisable faces in the game.
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