Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Informal Lively or energetic; brisk.
- adj. Informal Smart or chic.
- adj. Snappish: a snappy retort.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Snappish.
- Having snap or “go.”
Wiktionary
- adj. informal rapid and without delay
- adj. informal irritable
- adj. informal Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. colloq. Snappish.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. smart and fashionable
- adj. quick and energetic
- adj. pleasantly cold and invigorating
- adj. apt to speak irritably
- adj. marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
Examples
“Unfortunately I don't quite find the title snappy enough to be memorable, because I find myself referring to this novel as That really good novel called mumblemumble Ghost!”
“A lot of guys in snappy hats smoking cigarettes, its like Mad Men in space.”
“They shift in snappy fashion in automatic mode, and they have manual modes that let the driver work the gears with panache unlikely using a clutch pedal.”
“When a young McCann-Erickson copywriter came up with L'Oréal's famous slogan in 1971, advertising was characterized by snappy catchphrases on billboards and 30-second spots.”
The Wall Street Journal: L'Oréal Slogan Must Prove Worth Anew
“Cadogan had begun in short, snappy sentences, and in a tense, rather high-keyed voice; but once warmed up he swung along in rounded, almost classic periods; and his voice deepened and softened and, as he became yet more absorbed in his subject, grew rhythmical, musical almost, the while his words took on added color and glow.”
“Barkwell's voice leaped; he spoke in short, snappy, metallic sentences that betrayed passion long restrained, breaking his self-control.”
“They watched the tall figure of Stallings charging through the adobe house, peering here and there, asking questions in short, snappy sentences, going down on his knees in search of footprints.”
The Pony Rider Boys in Texas Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains
“He was assiduously seconded by Mr. Henry Crayon, thin-faced and alert as ever, speaking in short, snappy sentences, from which all useless adjectives were elided.”
“• "His Girl Friday" 1940: The definition of snappy banter and a prime example of the great screwball comedies of the era.”
“His Girl Friday" 1940: The definition of snappy banter and a prime example of the great screwball comedies of the era.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘snappy’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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Adjectives with 2 syllables that end ...
angry, bossy, busy, chilly, cheesy, creepy, dirty, early, funny, hairy, happy, healthy and 126 more...
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ChortleGiggleSnort
Significant Words- Guiding you on your path to Snazzibility
flimsy, feeble, ranting, ramble, narky, snazzy, yoghurt, bulbous, pustule, globulous, geranium, megalomaniac and 521 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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Apples to Apples: Green Cards
A complete list of the green cards (adjectives) from the popular word game.
absurd, addictive, adorable, aged, American, ancient, animated, annoying, appetizing, arrogant, awesome, awkward and 237 more...
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
fetid, mezzanine, hiatus, austerity, subliminal, resplendent, implacable, impugn, debase, exiguous, cirque, holster and 2538 more...
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Ptolemy's Gate
Words and phrases from Jonathan Stroud's book, Ptolemy's Gate.
fall afoul, fleet, tamarisk, krait, inkstone, hotted up, down-market, have a truck with, brio, fatalistic, knock-kneed, conserve and 210 more...
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The History of Cool
Words that mean "cool" around the world and through the ages.
cool, awesome, wild, stylin', groovy, neat, nifty, swell, great, tubular, radical, bitchin' and 188 more...
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geekwad's Words
mysterium, elif, reckon, shadowy, ostensibly, unique, foodie, surreptitiously, asynchronous, insane, berserk, space pirate and 235 more...
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Sassypants
The qualities of The Diva. Social skills, playful yet bitchy.
churlish, bitchy, cantankerous, peevish, disagreeable, quarrelsome, venomous, grumpy, groachy, crabby, dismal, snappish and 143 more...
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oddball
wackadoodlery.
( personal list )
related (from me):
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/onomatopoeias--1
bric-a-brac, succotash, humbucker, skedaddle, scallywag, sassafras, gadzooks, humdinger, hoity-toity, wishy-washy, namby-pamby, ding dong and 441 more...
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S is for Sweater Puppy
My S Words
secret agent, sweater puppy, skivvies, soda jerk, surly, space madness, sad sack, sadsack, scoundrel, scrabble, shaken teddy bear..., saucy and 181 more...
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adjectives
sartorial, saucy, wieldy, wuthering, dilapidated, rough-and-ready, flabbergasted, ravishing, seminal, snooty, galore, scrumptious and 386 more...
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Fashionable Alternatives
Fashionable in two syllables or less. Words that fade quickly.
in vogue, spiffy, chic, smart, snappy, trendy, tasty, au courant, downtown, hep, hip, cool and 26 more...
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swiss's Words
perseverate, ostensibly, recondite, palimpsest, egregious, vociferous, bathos, eviscerate, disambiguate, jubilee, hootenanny, auspicious and 62 more...
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