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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsnæpi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snappy.wav Forms: snappier [comparative], snappiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æpi Etymology: From snap + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snap|y}} snap + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} snappy (comparative snappier, superlative snappiest)
  1. (informal) Rapid and without delay. Tags: informal Synonyms: fast, immediate, quick Translations (rapid and without delay): бърз (bǎrz) (Bulgarian), 迅速 (xùnsù) (Chinese), svižný (Czech), řízný (Czech), bez průtahů (Czech), snel (Dutch), nopea (Finnish), fissa (French), gasta (Irish), sciobtha (Irish), mear (Irish), bríomhar (Irish), ско́рый (skóryj) (Russian), бы́стрый (býstryj) (Russian), dranndanach (Scottish Gaelic), kvick (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-snappy-en-adj-GqaMEQWa Disambiguation of 'rapid and without delay': 94 2 2 2 0 1
  2. (informal) Irritable. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: peevish, testy, tetchy Translations (irritable): раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) (Bulgarian), nedůtklivý (Czech), nevrlý (Czech), ärtyisä (Finnish), kiukkuinen (Finnish), borb (Irish), cantalach (Irish), giorraisc (Irish), grod (Irish), раздражи́тельный (razdražítelʹnyj) (Russian), dranndanach (Scottish Gaelic), crosta (Scottish Gaelic), irritable (Spanish), irascible (Spanish), iracundo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-snappy-en-adj-TkV1TKST Disambiguation of Personality: 3 34 30 1 0 31 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 32 22 4 13 23 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 7 30 23 10 11 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 30 37 5 11 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 35 23 3 12 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 40 23 2 13 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 38 24 6 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 5 36 24 8 8 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 6 39 25 7 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 4 37 27 6 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 7 39 25 6 11 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 4 34 26 5 8 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 31 25 13 8 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 4 44 24 5 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 4 34 24 12 8 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 47 21 4 10 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 4 36 28 5 8 19 Disambiguation of 'irritable': 0 95 2 1 0 2
  3. (informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Personality Translations (Tidy; well-dressed; sharp): elegantní (Czech), šmrncovní (Czech), tyylikäs (Finnish), galánta (Irish), néata (Irish), péacach (Irish), pioctha (Irish), щёгольский (ščógolʹskij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-snappy-en-adj-zzbXWWp6 Disambiguation of Personality: 3 34 30 1 0 31 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 30 37 5 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 31 25 13 8 17 Disambiguation of 'Tidy; well-dressed; sharp': 1 6 83 4 2 5
  4. Chilly, brisk, sharp. Synonyms: nippy, parky
    Sense id: en-snappy-en-adj-eee-lzrD Categories (other): Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 31 25 13 8 17
  5. Tending to snap or bite.
    Sense id: en-snappy-en-adj-BvVnzGAl Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 30 37 5 11 14
  6. Clever, catchy. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-snappy-en-adj-~5JOgtby Disambiguation of Personality: 3 34 30 1 0 31 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 4 30 37 5 11 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 31 25 13 8 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: look snappy, make it snappy, snappily, snappiness, snappy gum

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].",
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  ],
  "word": "snappy"
}
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "look snappy"
    },
    {
      "word": "make it snappy"
    },
    {
      "word": "snappily"
    },
    {
      "word": "snappiness"
    },
    {
      "word": "snappy gum"
    }
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        "1": "en",
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        "3": "y"
      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From snap + -y.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "snappier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "snappiest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "er"
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      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a snappy response",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Make it snappy! ― Hurry up!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Rapid and without delay."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Rapid and without delay."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "fast"
        },
        {
          "word": "immediate"
        },
        {
          "word": "quick"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You're snappy this morning; did you not sleep well?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Irritable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Irritable",
          "irritable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Irritable."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "peevish"
        },
        {
          "word": "testy"
        },
        {
          "word": "tetchy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Here he is, looking snappy in his brand-new suit.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1933, Stella Blum, Everyday Fashion of the Thirties as pictured in Sears Catalogs, published 1986, page 56:",
          "text": "The niftiest, snappiest slacks you ever saw!",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tidy; well-dressed; sharp."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Tidy",
          "tidy"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "snappy weather; snappy pace; snappy rejoinder",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:",
          "text": "The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Chilly, brisk, sharp."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Chilly",
          "chilly"
        ],
        [
          "brisk",
          "brisk"
        ],
        [
          "sharp",
          "sharp"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "nippy"
        },
        {
          "word": "parky"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a snappy dog",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 April 19, Pip Dunn, “Jack of all trades... and master of most”, in RAIL, number 981, page 56:",
          "text": "These spring-loaded seats are a bit harder and very snappy when you get off them.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Tending to snap or bite."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "snap",
          "snap"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a snappy motto",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clever, catchy."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Clever",
          "clever"
        ],
        [
          "catchy",
          "catchy"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsnæpi/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æpi"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bǎrz",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "бърз"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "xùnsù",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "迅速"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "svižný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "řízný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "bez průtahů"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "snel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "nopea"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "fissa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "gasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "sciobtha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "mear"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "bríomhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skóryj",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "ско́рый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "býstryj",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "бы́стрый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "dranndanach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rapid and without delay",
      "word": "kvick"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razdraznitelen",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "раздразнителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "nedůtklivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "nevrlý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "ärtyisä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "kiukkuinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "borb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "cantalach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "giorraisc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "grod"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razdražítelʹnyj",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "раздражи́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "dranndanach"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "crosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "irritable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "irascible"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "irritable",
      "word": "iracundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Tidy; well-dressed; sharp",
      "word": "elegantní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Tidy; well-dressed; sharp",
      "word": "šmrncovní"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Tidy; well-dressed; sharp",
      "word": "tyylikäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Tidy; well-dressed; sharp",
      "word": "galánta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Tidy; well-dressed; sharp",
      "word": "néata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Tidy; well-dressed; sharp",
      "word": "péacach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Tidy; well-dressed; sharp",
      "word": "pioctha"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ščógolʹskij",
      "sense": "Tidy; well-dressed; sharp",
      "word": "щёгольский"
    }
  ],
  "word": "snappy"
}

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