adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fancy/deft/nifty etc footwork
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It took a bit of deft footwork to get them to agree.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a nifty pair of sandals
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It's a nifty computer game that teaches math skills.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He scooped up the heavy wet snow, digging hard, his mind ticking through the mechanics of a last nifty illusion.
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Hit the Target: Gamble on this nifty subgame.
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I find that the front-runner for the Labour leadership, after some nifty trade union footwork, is John Smith.
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In order to see the nifty new designs, users downloaded copies of Netscape Navigator by the millions.
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Or quicker still, send a couple of nifty passes upfield - and you soon learn where your team-mates are.
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Still, I think I would have endured it to use those nifty pompons just once.
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This when nifty postcards of the planet are available at every convenience store, tourism agency and souvenir shop.