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snippy

/ˈsnɪpi/

Rhymes with -ɪpi

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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”).

adjective snippier · snippiest

Fragmentary; snipped. Near-synonym: choppy
Similar: snippety, choppy
Irritable; impatient; short-tempered; often, in a condescending way.
Similar: snippety, snitty
Stingy. Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:stingy, Thesaurus:frugal
Similar: as tight as Dick's hatband, cheap, cheeseparing, chintzy, close, close as wax, close-fisted, illiberal, mean, miserable, miserly, narrow-fisted

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@misc{snippy_2026,
  title = {snippy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/snippy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}