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snappy, a.|ˈsnæpɪ|
[f. snap v. + -y.]
1. a. = snappish a. 1.
1834in B. Gregory Side Lights (1898) 157, I am inclined to be snappy when I am told [etc.]. 1858E. B. Ramsay Scot. Life & Char. iv, Snappy and disagreeable..in their replies. 1889Jerome Three Men in Boat 155 Harris and George and I were quarrelsome and snappy and ill-tempered.
b. = snappish a. 1 b.
1890Star 13 Oct. 4/1 Hard work..doesn't improve Sir Peter's temper, and consequently he was in a particularly snappy mood to-day. 1892Gunter Miss Dividends (1893) 16 This request..is given in an off-hand, snappy kind of a way.
2. = snappish a. 2.
1886St. James' Gaz. 25 Sept. 5/1 The Queen's Speech..might even be called curt and snappy. 1897W. H. Thornton Rem. W. Co. Clergyman iii. 84 We grew warm, and our conversation snappy.
3. Sc. (See quot.)
1825Jamieson Suppl., Snappy, keen in business, disposed to take the advantage of another, Ang[us].
4. = snappish a. 4.
1881Harper's Mag. LXIII. 496 Sharing the vehicle with a snappy terrier. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 701 Dogs inoculated..fell into emaciation, foamed at the mouth and became snappy.
5. Of the nature of, producing or emitting, a snap or crack; crackling.
1878Jefferies Gamekeeper at H. 120 Short sharp snappy sounds. 1894Outing June 190/2 The birch..makes a hot, snappy, cheerful fire.
6. colloq.
a. Cleverly smart, bright, or pointed (of language, etc.); full of ‘go’; brisk.
1871‘Mark Twain’ in Galaxy Apr. 615/2, I compressed it into a snappy foot-note at the bottom. 1873‘Susan Coolidge’ What Katy did at Sch. vi. 88 We'll never use the whole name..: we'll say, ‘the S.S.U.C.’ That sounds brisk and snappy. 1901Athenæum 17 Aug. 209/3 Mere stage back grounds for snappy tales, generally realistic. 1955Times 27 Aug. 8/4 Her clean texture, snappy rhythm, and general strength of tone and purpose all betokened a true grasp of the composer's style. 1977N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. 2–12/4 (Advt.), Painting roofs, for free quotes phone the expert. Snappy service.
b. Neat and elegant; smart, ‘natty’. snappy dresser, someone who dresses in a stylish or natty manner.
1881Punch LXXX. 310/3. 1887 W. Rye Norfolk Broads 57 The frame of a very ‘snappy’ little pleasure wherry. 1897Outing XXX. 108/1 A snappy team of grays. 1925New Yorker 9 May 27/1, I always used to be a snappy dresser. 1958[see dude v.]. 1977P. Theroux Consul's File 174 A woman waiting for her lover..whom she would describe as a snappy dresser, a riot, a real card.
c. Having a brisk smack or flavour.
1892Walsh Tea 164 Many..teas are full and round in body, pungent and ‘snappy’.
d. U.S. Designating weather characteristic of a cold snap (snap n. 7 a, b).
1928J. C. Lincoln Silas Bradford's Boy 149 It was a clear, snappy early winter day. 1951Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xv. 60 Snappy,..said of crispy cold weather.
7. a. Quick, sudden, instantaneous; jerky.
1872O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakf.-t. viii. 216 The dry⁓goodsman's life behind his counter is a succession of sudden, snappy perceptions. 1882[Lees & Clutterbuck] Three in Norway xxiv. (1888) 182 It was almost impossible to get even the snappiest of snap-shots at the agile bird. 1896Mrs. Caffyn Quaker Grandmother 212 To give her a snappy hand-shake.
b. Phr. to make it snappy: to make haste, to get a move on.
1926G. Frankau My Unsentimental Journey ii. 31 After that we ‘made it snappy’ (Anglicé—got a move on). 1945A. Huxley Let. 10 Apr. (1969) 520, I wish there had been space in my review to quote you at length on these subjects, But, alas, I had to ‘make it snappy’. 1976J. I. M. Stewart Young Patullo ix. 195 Make it snappy. Taxi's waiting. |