adj
Meaning 1
Fragmentary; snipped.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonym: choppy
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snippety, choppy
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
snippy
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/ˈsnɪpi/
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rhymes with -ɪpi
adj
Meaning 2
Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snippety, snitty
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Stingy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:stingy, Thesaurus:frugal
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: as tight as Dick's hatband, cheap, cheeseparing, chintzy, close, close as wax, close-fisted, illiberal, mean, miserable, miserly, narrow-fisted, niggardly, nipcheese, parsimonious, peddling, penny-wise, penny-pinching, penurious, scrooge-like, scrubby, shabby, still got one's communion money, stingy, swear, tight, tight-fisted, tight as a tick, tighter than Dick's hatband, ungenerous, ungiving, abstemious, canny, chary, moderate, close with a buck, economic, economical, frugal, husbandly, huswifely, prudent, spareful, sparing, spary, thrifty, tightwad
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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”).