Hypertext Webster Gateway: "snappy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Snappy \Snap"py\, a.
Snappish. [Colloq.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}, {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}]
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