snippy
adj/ˈsnɪpi/
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”).
1
Fragmentary; snipped.
- Near-synonym: choppy
2
Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.
3
Stingy.
- Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:stingy, Thesaurus:frugal
- Derived terms
- snippily, snippiness
- Related terms
- snipper, snippetiness, snippy snip