nipping

Other forms: nippingly

Definitions of nipping

1. adjective

   pleasantly cold and invigorating
   “a nipping wind”

   synonyms: crisp, frosty, nippy, snappy

   cold

   having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration
2. adjective

   having a sharp, biting, or caustic quality, capable of wounding
   synonyms: barbed, biting, mordacious, pungent

   sarcastic

   expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds