"snazzy" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈsnæzi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snazzy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: snazzier [comparative], snazziest [superlative]
Etymology: Unknown but perhaps a blend of snappy + jazzy, or from Irish snas (“polish; good appearance”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{blend|en|snappy|jazzy|nocap=1}} blend of snappy + jazzy, {{der|en|ga|snas||polish; good appearance}} Irish snas (“polish; good appearance”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} snazzy (comparative snazzier, superlative snazziest)
  1. (informal) Elegant in manner of dress; stylish, modern or appealing in appearance; flashy. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Appearance Synonyms: dapper, elegant, pizazzy, smart, cool Translations (elegantly dressed, stylish, flashy): tyylikäs (Finnish), schick (German), snasen (Norwegian Bokmål), шика́рный (šikárnyj) (Russian), бро́ский (bróskij) (Russian), tjusig (Swedish), şık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-snazzy-en-adj-nKO0Dfxm Disambiguation of Appearance: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 66 34 Disambiguation of 'elegantly dressed, stylish, flashy': 84 16
  2. (informal) Excellent; clever, ingenious, or adept in behavior, operation, or execution. Tags: informal Synonyms: cool [informal], nifty [informal], smart Translations (excellent, clever, ingenious, adept): tyylikäs (Finnish), näyttävä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-snazzy-en-adj-DuFRUSXo Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'excellent, clever, ingenious, adept': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: snazzily, snazziness, snazztastic, snazz up

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