nippy
adjective /ˈnɪpi/
/ˈnɪpi/
- (British English) able to move quickly and easily
- a nippy little sports car
- His nippy footwork and ball control won him the match.
- (informal) (of the weather) cold
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘inclined to nip’): from the verb nip + -y.