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adj. Sharp and biting, as the cold.

adj. Bitingly sarcastic.

v. Present participle of nip.

adj. Biting; pinching; painful; destructive

adj. capable of wounding

adj. pleasantly cold and invigorating

"Lo, there is a gun before him, and the shade of a stately stag nipping the phantom of a youthful hazel."

sarcastic    cold   

biting    pinching    painful    destructive   

nip   

chipping    clipping    dipping    dripping    equipping    flipping    gripping    outstripping    ripping    shipping   

endopterygote    dumbell    musicological    heavy-legged    frost-free    fagging    multi-legged    lepidopterous    social-cultural    black-armoured