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snippy

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
15
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈsnɪpi/

Definition of snippy

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Fragmentary; snipped.
    “Near-synonym: choppy”
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adj

  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”

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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”).

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