don't bother him; he's still in a snit after this morning's reprimand
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Speaking of friends, after getting into a physical fight in the basement of the lab, Steve and Dustin separate in an angry snit.—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025 One of Richards' serious snits was with O'Brien's Facebook advertisement.—Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024 The episode starts with Q in a snit, and, well, that snit doesn’t go away for the whole episode.—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024 Backstage, Speaker Pelosi is shown defending her hostility in a post-vandalism snit.—Armond White, National Review, 25 Oct. 2023 Eventually, Harrison got over his snit and returned to the fold.—David Remnick, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2021