Synonyms of the word

tanginess

• n. The quality or state of being tangy.

nip

• n. A small quantity of something edible or a potable liquor.
• n. (vulgar) A nipple, usually of a woman.
• v. To catch and enclose or compress tightly between two surfaces, or points which are brought together or…
• v. To remove by pinching, biting, or cutting with two meeting edges of anything; to clip.
• v. To blast, as by frost; to check the growth or vigor of; to destroy.
• v. To annoy, as by nipping.
• v. To taunt.
• v. (Scotland, Northern England) To squeeze or pinch.
• n. A playful bite.
• n. A pinch with the nails or teeth.
• n. Briskly cold weather.
• n. A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching.
• n. A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
• n. A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
• n. A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
• n. (nautical) A short turn in a rope.
• n. (papermaking) The place of intersection where one roll touches another.
• n. (historical slang) A pickpocket.
• v. To make a quick, short journey or errand, usually a round trip.

piquance

• n. piquancy; having a piquant taste.

piquancy

• n. The degree to which something is piquant, stimulating or exciting.

piquantness

• n. The quality of being piquant.

spice

• n. (countable, uncountable) Plant matter (usually dried) used to season or flavour food.
• n. (figuratively, uncountable) Appeal, interest; an attribute that makes something appealing, interesting,…
• n. (uncountable, Yorkshire) Sweets, candy.
• n. (obsolete) Species; kind.
• v. (transitive) To add spice or spices to.
• n. (nonce word) plural of spouse.

spicery

• n. Spices, in general.
• n. (archaic) A repository of spices.

spiciness

• n. The property of being spicy.

tang

• n. (obsolete) tongue.
• n. A refreshingly sharp aroma or flavor.
• n. A strong or offensive taste; especially, a taste of something extraneous to the thing itself.
• n. (figuratively) A sharp, specific flavor or tinge.
• n. A projecting part of an object by means of which it is secured to a handle, or to some other part.
• n. The part of a knife, fork, file, or other small instrument, which is inserted into the handle.
• n. The projecting part of the breech of a musket barrel, by which the barrel is secured to the stock.
• n. The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
• n. Anything resembling a tongue in form or position such as the tongue of a buckle.
• n. A group of saltwater fish from the Acanthuridae family, especially the Zebrasoma genus, also known as…
• n. A sharp, twanging sound; an unpleasant tone; a twang.
• v. (dated, beekeeping) To strike two metal objects together loudly in order to persuade a swarm of honeybees…
• v. To make a ringing sound; to ring.
• n. (rare) knotted wrack, Ascophyllum nodosum (coarse blackish seaweed).
• n. (vulgar slang) The vagina.
• n. (vulgar slang) intercourse with a woman.

zest

• n. The outer skin of a citrus fruit, used as a flavouring or garnish.
• n. (by extension) Enthusiasm; keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
• n. The woody, thick skin enclosing the kernel of a walnut.
• v. (cooking) To scrape the zest from a fruit.
• v. To make more zesty.