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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

nip·py / ˈnipē/ • adj. (-pi·er, -pi·est ) inf. 1. (of the weather) rather cold; chilly: it's a bit nippy this morning. 2. inclined to nip or bite: macaws can sometimes be nippy and unpredictable. DERIVATIVES: nip·pi·ly / ˈnipəlē/ adv.

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Nippy (nip-i) n. trade name for a brand of noninvasive positive-pressure ventilator that delivers air through a close-fitting nasal mask (see noninvasive ventilation).

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nippy

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

nippy •crappie, crappy, flappy, gappy, happi, happy, nappy, pappy, sappy, scrappy, slap-happy, snappy, strappy, tapis, yappy, zappy •campy, scampi, vampy •harpy, okapi, serape, sharpie •raspy •Giuseppe, peppy, preppy •kelpie •kempy, tempi •Gillespie •crêpey, kepi, scrapie •creepy, sleepy, tepee, weepy •chippy, clippie, dippy, drippy, grippy, hippy, Lippi, lippy, Mississippi, nippy, slippy, snippy, tippy, trippy, whippy, Xanthippe, zippy •chickpea •crimpy, gimpy, skimpy, wimpy •crispy, wispy •turnipy • recipe • praecipe • gossipy •pipy, stripy •choppy, copy, floppy, jalopy, moppy, poppy, sloppy, soppy, stroppy •Pompey, swampy •waspie, waspy •photocopy • cowpea •dopey, Hopi, Opie, ropy, soapy, topi

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	Living it up: Still Nippy after all these years; Ros Dodd takes a foxtrot... Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 7/24/1999
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