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Definition of snippy
snippier
;snippiest
1 : short-tempered, snappish
2 : unduly brief or curt
3 : putting on airs : sniffy
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Examples of snippy in a Sentence
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to get snippy with you.
snippy remarks about the quality of the food at the church picnic
Recent Examples of snippy from the Web
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But as the debate wore on, the exchanges between the candidates grew increasingly snippy.
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Busco Novio Para Mi Mujer (2016) Paco, a sad-sack car salesman, feels trapped in his marriage to a caustic, constantly snippy woman.
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His latest client just happens to be his sister-in-law Gwen (Mary-Louise Parker, at her most snippy and vocal-fried), the daughter of a late magazine publisher.
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Origin and Etymology of snippy
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SNIPPY Defined for English Language Learners
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: feeling or showing irritation
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