Meaning

3 senses

  1. Fragmentary; snipped.

    Near-synonym: choppy

  2. Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.

  3. Stingy.

    Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:stingy, Thesaurus:frugal

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I got sort of snippy with him.

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  2. Snippy had the bluest blood of all his crab brethren.

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Origin

From snip + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian snippig, snippich (“short, brief, blunt”), Dutch

From snip + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian snippig, snippich (“short, brief, blunt”), Dutch snippig (“snippy, shrill”), German Low German snippig (“snippy, snappy”), German schnippisch (“snippy, snappy”).

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Forms

snippier, snippiest
Comparativesnippier Lesson
Superlativesnippiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

51 synonyms
cheapA2closeA1meanA2miserableB1shabbyB2stingyB2swearB1tightA1moderateB1economicB1economicalB2frugalB2snippetychoppy

Word family

5 related words
Relatedsnippersnippetinesssnippy snip
Derivedsnippilysnippiness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snipesnipersnippetC2snitchsnobsnobbish
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