snippy

[ snip-ee ]

/ ˈsnɪp i /

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adjective, snip·pi·er, snip·pi·est.

sharp or curt, especially in a supercilious or haughty way; impertinent.

scrappy or fragmentary.

Also snip·pe·ty

[snip-i-tee] /ˈsnɪp ɪ ti/.

Origin of snippy

First recorded in 1720–30; snip + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM snippy

snip·pi·ly, adverb snip·pi·ness, snip·pet·i·ness, noun

Words nearby snippy

snipefish, sniper, sniperscope, snipper, snippet, snippy, snips, snit, snitch, snitch line, snitchy

Example sentences from the Web for snippy

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Snippy, and the verses they had tried to make for the dead Balder.

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I wonder if that snippy little Anne Pierson knows about it, too.

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Surely that snippy little note, in which you call me—me, a perfect stranger—names!

Mavis of Green Hill |Faith Baldwin
Putty Doane was taken prisoner by the Germans atOh, see that gang of up-townersarent they snippy and patronizing and silly?

Out of the Air |Inez Haynes Irwin
"Yes, or when you're put in a snippy little room 'way at the top of the house with nothin' in it," growled Nancy.

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British Dictionary definitions for snippy

snippy

/ (ˈsnɪpɪ) /

adjective -pier or -piest

scrappy; fragmentary

informal fault-finding

dialect mean; stingy

Derived forms of snippy

snippily, adverb snippiness, noun

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snippy

adjective, snip·pi·er, snip·pi·est.

Origin of snippy

OTHER WORDS FROM snippy

Words nearby snippy

Example sentences from the Web for snippy

British Dictionary definitions for snippy

adjective -pier or -piest

Derived forms of snippy

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

snippy

adjective, snip·pi·er, snip·pi·est.

Origin of snippy

OTHER WORDS FROM snippy

Words nearby snippy

Words related to snippy

Example sentences from the Web for snippy

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adjective -pier or -piest

Derived forms of snippy

British Dictionary definitions for snippy