Snappy \Snap"py\, a.
Snappish. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
snappy
adj 1: tending to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice" [syn:
snappish]
2: smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp
and whipping lines" [syn: whipping]
3: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and
frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day";
"snappy weather"; (`parky' is a British term) [syn: crisp,
frosty, nipping, nippy, parky]
4: marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young
man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: dapper, dashing, jaunty,
natty, raffish, rakish, smart, spiffy, spruce]
5: 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" [syn: brisk, lively,
merry, rattling, spanking, zippy]
[also: snappiest, snappier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
175 Moby Thesaurus words for "snappy":
Siberian, active, activist, activistic, acute, aggressive, agile,
algid, alive, animated, arctic, below zero, biting, bitter,
bitterly cold, bleak, boreal, bouncing, bouncy, breakneck, breezy,
brisk, brumal, bubbly, burning, chic, chipper, classy, cold,
cold as charity, cold as death, cold as ice, cold as marble, crisp,
curried, cutting, dapper, dashing, disagreeable, double-quick,
dynamic, eagle-winged, ebullient, effervescent, energetic,
enterprising, enthusiastic, expeditious, express, fashionable,
fast, fleet, flying, forceful, forcible, fractious, freezing,
freezing cold, frigid, frisky, full of go, full of life,
full of pep, galloping, gelid, glacial, go-go, hair-trigger, hasty,
headlong, hearty, hibernal, hiemal, high-seasoned, hot,
hot as pepper, huffy, hustling, hyperborean, ice-cold,
ice-encrusted, icelike, icy, impetuous, incisive, inclement,
intense, keen, kinetic, light of heel, light-footed, live, lively,
living, lusty, mercurial, mettlesome, militant, modish, natty,
nimble, nimble-footed, nipping, nippy, numbing, penetrating,
peppery, peppy, perky, pert, petulant, piercing, pinching, piquant,
poignant, precipitate, prompt, quick, quick as lightning,
quick as thought, quicksilver, racy, rapid, raspy, raw, ready,
reckless, rigorous, robust, running, seasoned, severe, sharp,
sleety, slushy, smacking, smart, snappish, spanking, speedy,
spiced, spicy, spirited, sprightly, spry, stone-cold, strenuous,
strong, stylish, subzero, supercooled, swank, swift, swish,
take-charge, take-over, tangy, tony, trenchant, trendy, trig,
vibrant, vigorous, vivacious, vivid, winged, winterbound,
winterlike, wintery, wintry, with a kick, zestful, zesty, zingy,
zippy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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