English Explanatory Dictionary

snippy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Fragmentary; snipped.
  2. Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.
  3. Stingy.

Pronunciation

/ˈsnɪpi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-snippy.wav

Word forms

snippy snippier snippiest

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”).

Synonyms

snippety choppy snitty 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

Related words

snipper snippetiness snippy snip

Derived words

snippily snippiness
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