snappy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æpi

Adjective

snappy (comparative snappier, superlative snappiest)

1. (informal) rapid and without delay

   a snappy response

   Make it snappy! (= hurry up)

2. (informal) irritable

   You're snappy this morning; did you not sleep well?

3. (informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp.

   Here he is, looking snappy in his brand-new suit.

Synonyms

• (rapid and without delay): fast, immediate, quick
• (irritable): irritable, peevish, testy, tetchy

Translations

rapid and without delay

• Dutch: snel (nl)
• Finnish: nopea (fi)
• French: fissa (fr)

• Russian: скорый (ru) (skoryj), быстрый (ru) (bystryj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dranndanach (gd)

irritable

• Finnish: ärtyisä, kiukkuinen
• Russian: раздражительный (ru) (razdražitelʹnyj)

• Scottish Gaelic: dranndanach (gd), crosta (gd)

Tidy; well-dressed; sharp

• Finnish: tyylikäs (fi)

• Russian: щёгольский (ru) (ščógolʹskij)

Derived terms

• make it snappy