nippy

Other forms of nippy

comparative or superlative

nippier

comparative or superlative

nippiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nippy

What does nippy mean?

nippy means "a sharp biting taste". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nippy?

nippy has 2 syllables: nip-py. The stress falls on "nip". In IPA it is /ˈnɪpi/.

What is another word for nippy?

Close synonyms include crisp, frosty, nipping, snappy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nippy a common word?

nippy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.