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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective snappy has 5 senses
- snappy(s = adj.all) snappish - apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice"
- snappy(s = adj.all) whipping - smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines"
- snappy(s = adj.all) crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy - pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather" Derived forms noun snap12, noun snap2
- snappy(s = adj.all) dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, spruce - marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
- snappy(s = adj.all) alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, spanking, zippy - 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"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
snappy, adj. (snappier, snappiest) colloq.
1 brisk, full of zest.
2 neat and elegant (a snappy dresser).
3 snappish.
1 brisk, full of zest.
2 neat and elegant (a snappy dresser).
3 snappish.
Idiom
make it snappy be quick about it.
Derivative
snappily adv. snappiness n.
THESAURUS
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
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