Definition of "snippy" []

• Informal Sharp-tongued; impertinent: shocked by his snippy retort. (adjective)
• Informal Occurring in pieces; fragmentary. (adjective)

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• "Quincy, whose shrewd little soul easily divined that this equable warmth of manner, which she dubbed snippy condescension, sprang from affection for Dick and Mrs. Percival and not for herself."
• "During his term he was often seen on the evening news in snippy exchanges with reporters or lecturing taxpayers to take their tax-hike medicine."
• "Then I called the snippy female judge "Tomato Face" and left."