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stroppy


strop·py

adj \ˈsträ-pē\

Definition of STROPPY

British
: touchy, belligerent
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Examples of STROPPY

  1. There's no need to get stroppy with me.

Origin of STROPPY

perhaps by shortening & alteration from obstreperous
First Known Use: 1951

Rhymes with STROPPY

choppy, copy, crappie, floppy, gloppy, hoppy, kopje, poppy, sloppy, soppy

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