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snap·py
(snăp′ē)adj. snap·pi·er, snap·pi·est Informal
1. Lively or energetic; brisk: a snappy tune.
2. Smart or chic in appearance: a snappy dresser.
3. Snappish: was tired and got snappy with the kids.
snap′pi·ly adv.
snap′pi·ness n.
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snappy
(ˈsnæpɪ)adj, -pier or -piest
1. Also: snappish apt to speak sharply or irritably
2. Also: snappish apt to snap or bite
3. crackling in sound: a snappy fire.
4. brisk, sharp, or chilly: a snappy pace; snappy weather.
5. (Clothing & Fashion) smart and fashionable: a snappy dresser.
6. make it snappy slang be quick! hurry up!
ˈsnappily adv
ˈsnappiness n
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snap•py
(ˈsnæp i)adj. -pi•er, -pi•est.
1. snappish.
2. quick or sudden in action or performance.
3. smart, lively, brisk.
Idioms: make it snappy, Informal. to speed up; hurry.
[1740–50]
snap′pi•ly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | snappy - apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice" ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
| 2. | snappy - smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines" spirited - displaying animation, vigor, or liveliness | |
| 3. | snappy - pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather" cold - having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer" | |
| 4. | snappy - marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe" | |
| 5. |  snappy - quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"energetic - possessing or exerting or displaying energy; "an energetic fund raiser for the college"; "an energetic group of hikers"; "it caused an energetic chemical reaction" |
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snappy
adjective
1. succinct, brief, concise, to the point, crisp, witty, condensed, incisive, pithy, short and sweet, in a few well-chosen words Each film gets a snappy two-line summary.
2. smart, fashionable, stylish, trendy (Brit. informal), chic, dapper, up-to-the-minute, natty (informal), modish, voguish snappy sports jackets
3. irritable, cross, bad-tempered, pissed (U.S. slang), tart, impatient, edgy, pissed off (taboo slang), touchy, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), waspish, quick-tempered, snappish, like a bear with a sore head (informal), apt to fly off the handle (informal) He wasn't irritable or snappy.
make it snappy hurry (up), be quick, get a move on (informal), buck up (informal), make haste, look lively, get your skates on Look at the pamphlets, and make it snappy.
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snappy
adjective1. Informal. Full of or characterized by a lively, emphatic, eager quality:
2. Informal. Disposed to action:
3. Informal. Being or in accordance with the current fashion:
Slang: with-it.
Idioms: all the rage, up to the minute.
4. Having or showing a bad temper:
bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, surly, testy, ugly, waspish.
Idiom: out of sorts.
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Translations
أنيقسَريع الغَضَب والتَّهَيُّجسَريع، نَشيط
elegantnínevrlýrychlý
hurtigirritabelkort for hovedetpræcissmart
csipkedni kell magad
fínn, vel til hafîursnöggurúrillur
snappy
[ˈsnæpɪ] ADJ (snappier (compar) (snappiest (superl)))1. (= quick) → rápido; (= energetic) → enérgico, vigoroso
make it snappy! → ¡date prisa!, ¡apúrate! (esp LAm)
to be snappy about sth → hacer algo con toda rapidez
and be snappy about it! → ¡y date prisa!, ¡y apúrate! (esp LAm)
make it snappy! → ¡date prisa!, ¡apúrate! (esp LAm)
to be snappy about sth → hacer algo con toda rapidez
and be snappy about it! → ¡y date prisa!, ¡y apúrate! (esp LAm)
3. (= punchy) [slogan] → conciso
4. = snappish
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
snappy
[ˈsnæpi] adj (= irritable) → brusque
make it snappy! (= hurry up) → grouille-toi!, magne-toi!
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
snappy
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
snappy
[ˈsnæpɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (slogan, answer) → d'effetto; (way of speaking) → sbrigatico/a; (smart) → elegantehe's a snappy dresser → è un elegantone
make it snappy! (fam) → sbrigati!
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
snap
(snӕp) – past tense, past participle snapped – verb1. (with at) to make a biting movement, to try to grasp with the teeth. The dog snapped at his ankles.
2. to break with a sudden sharp noise. He snapped the stick in half; The handle of the cup snapped off.
3. to (cause to) make a sudden sharp noise, in moving etc. The lid snapped shut.
4. to speak in a sharp especially angry way. `Mind your own business!' he snapped.
5. to take a photograph of. He snapped the children playing in the garden.
noun1. (the noise of) an act of snapping. There was a loud snap as his pencil broke.
2. a photograph; a snapshot. He wanted to show us his holiday snaps.
3. a kind of simple card game. They were playing snap.
adjective done, made etc quickly. a snap decision.
ˈsnappy adjective1. irritable; inclined to snap. He is always rather snappy on a Monday morning.
2. quick; prompt. You'll have to be snappy if you're catching that bus!
3. smart. He's certainly a snappy dresser.
ˈsnappily adverbˈsnappiness noun
ˈsnapshot noun
a photograph taken quickly and without a lot of equipment. That's a good snapshot of the children playing in the garden.
snap one's fingers to make a sharp noise by moving the thumb quickly across the top joint of the middle finger, as an informal gesture eg to attract someone's attention, mark the rhythm in music etc.
snap up to grab eagerly. I saw this bargain in the shop and snapped it up straight away; The bargains were snapped up.
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