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Meaning of nipping

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  nipping
      adj 1: capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting
             aphorism"; "pungent satire" [syn: {barbed}, {biting},
             {nipping}, {pungent}, {mordacious}]
      2: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and
         frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day";
         "snappy weather" [syn: {crisp}, {frosty}, {nipping}, {nippy},
         {snappy}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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