прил. biting; caustic, mordant, pungent, snappish, stinging, tart, trenchant, mordaceous, gingery; corrosive, acrid, acrimonious; ~ вятър biting/nipping/nippy wind; ~а забележка caustic/biting/gingery remark, разг. nasty one; ~о е (за времето) there is a nip in the air.