snappy

snappy
snap|py [ˈsnæpi] adj
1.) a snappy title or phrase is short, clear, and often funny
We need a snappy title for the book.
Keep your answer short and snappy .
2.) especially BrE quick to react in an angry way
She seemed snappy and impatient.
snappy with
There's no need to be so snappy with the children.
3.) make it snappy also look snappy BrE informal used to tell someone to hurry
Get me a drink and make it snappy.
4.) BrE informal snappy clothes, objects etc are attractive and fashionable
a snappy suit
snappy dresser
(=someone who wears fashionable clothes)
>snappily adv

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  • Snappy — Snap py, a. Snappish. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • snappy — quick, energetic, 1831, from SNAP (Cf. snap) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Snappily; snappiness …   Etymology dictionary

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