snippy

Also snip·pe·ty

[snip-ee]

adjective

snippier, snippiest 

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

2. scrappy or fragmentary.

snippy

/ ˈsnɪpɪ /

adjective

1. scrappy; fragmentary

2. informal,  fault-finding

3. dialect,  mean; stingy

Other Word Forms

• snippily adverb
• snippiness noun
• snippetiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of snippy¹

First recorded in 1720–30; snip + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Instead, the Rangers head coach was was short, snippy and sombre.

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Lily is vain and snippy and about as convincingly English as if the only research into her character was a season of “The Great British Bake Off.”

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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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