"snippy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈsnɪpi/ Forms: snippier [comparative], snippiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪpi 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”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snip|y}} snip + -y, {{cog|stq|snippig}} Saterland Frisian snippig, {{cog|nl|snippig|t=snippy, shrill}} Dutch snippig (“snippy, shrill”), {{cog|nds-de|snippig|t=snippy, snappy}} German Low German snippig (“snippy, snappy”), {{cog|de|schnippisch|t=snippy, snappy}} German schnippisch (“snippy, snappy”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} snippy (comparative snippier, superlative snippiest)
  1. fragmentary; snipped.
    Sense id: en-snippy-en-adj-EENT0IbG
  2. irritable; impatient; short-tempered.
    Sense id: en-snippy-en-adj-kx3VE3sn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Personality Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 83 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 20 80 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 0 Disambiguation of Personality: 0 100 0
  3. stingy.
    Sense id: en-snippy-en-adj-CacgmRr3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: snippy snip

Inflected forms

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