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snappy adjective [ ˈsnapi ]

• irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish.
• "anything unusual made her snappy and nervous"
Similar: irritable, irascible, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, fiery, peevish, cross, crabbed, crabby, crotchety, cantankerous, impatient, grumpy, huffy, brusque, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, touchy, volatile, testy, tetchy, snarling, waspish, prickly, crusty, peppery, bilious, liverish, dyspeptic, splenetic, choleric, snappish, chippy, grouchy, cranky, on a short fuse, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head, peckish, soreheaded, snaky, miffy,
Opposite: good-natured, peaceable,
• cleverly concise; neat.
• "snappy catchphrases"
Similar: concise, succinct, memorable, catchy, neat, clever, crisp, pithy, witty, incisive, brief, short, short and sweet, sharp, terse, curt, laconic, aphoristic, epigrammatic,
Opposite: long-winded,

make it snappy

• be quick about it.
• "into bed and make it snappy!"
Similar: hurry, hurry (it) up, be quick (about it), get a move on, come along, look lively, speed up, move faster, get moving, get cracking, step on it, step on the gas, move it, buck up, shake a leg, get one's skates on, stir one's stumps, get a wiggle on, rattle your dags, put foot, make haste,
Opposite: dilly-dally,

make it snappy

• be quick about it.
"into bed and make it snappy!"



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