nipping

nipping is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Nip. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Nip
2. adjective. Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind.
3. adjective. pleasantly cold and invigorating

   "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"

   "a nipping wind"

   Synonyms: crisp, frosty, nippy, snappy

4. adjective. capable of wounding

   "a barbed compliment"

   "a biting aphorism"

   Synonyms: barbed, biting, mordacious, pungent

Synonyms

crisp, frosty, nippy, snappy, barbed, biting, mordacious, pungent

Common word forms

nippingly

Words from these letters

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