Definitions for snappy

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snappy snap·py

Spelling: [snap-ee]

IPA: /ˈsnæp i/

Snappy is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in snappy (anppsy).

Definitions for snappy

Idioms

1. make it snappy, Slang. to speed up; hurry.

adjective

1. apt to snap or bite; snappish, as a dog.
2. impatient or irritable, as a person or a reply.
3. snapping or crackling in sound, as a fire.
4. quick or sudden in action or performance.
5. Informal. crisp, smart, lively, brisk, etc.:

Origin of snappy

First recorded in 1740-50; snap + -y¹

Examples for snappy

I threw them as snappy a salute as I could muster and they filed out.

The American train was in charge of two snappy doughboys, a corporal and a private.

But she was magnetic, and I think it was partly her actual voice—the snappy delivery, the distinctive sound.

“I want Ebola to leave Liberia, so I can go to school,” came the snappy retort deciphered by locals.

Dad bought Mom a snappy convertible back about the time of the Nixon-Kennedy debates.

She had a snappy temper and a sharp tongue and was, indeed, something of a tomboy.

This is a Joss Whedon production, which means lots of snappy dialogue.

Twain's sartorial splendor was topped off with a snappy violet bow tie.

I'd do the snappy paragraphs, and you would do the fiction and poetry.

"There, chicken—the heat always turns me snappy," she repented instantly.