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snippy

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[snip-ee]

adjective

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

  2. scrappy or fragmentary.



snippy

/ ˈɪɪ /

adjective

  1. scrappy; fragmentary

  2. informalfault-finding

  3. dialectmean; stingy

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • snippily adverb
  • snippiness noun
  • snippetiness noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of snippy1

First recorded in 1720–30; snip + -y 1
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The snippy robot begins the film with her body destroyed but her ego as big as ever.

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McKenna stood a regal 6 feet tall, and could be snippy and imperious when annoyed, friends said.

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There’s nothing more appealing than watching a snippy Ford say some of the most outrageous lines on TV.

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But that is Louise all over: snippy and skittery, though always first with the news, whether she understands a word of it or not.

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“My personality changes. I get very short tempered, and I get very judgmental. I’m quick to be snippy,” she said.

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