1. comparative form of snippy; more irritable, short-tempered, or rudely brief in speech or manner
Usage: informal

Examples

• She became snippier as the day wore on and her patience ran thin.
• His responses grew snippier with each interruption during the meeting.
• The customer service representative was much snippier than usual today.
• After working overtime all week, he was snippier with his coworkers.
• The teacher’s tone got snippier when students kept talking during the lesson.
• She noticed her mother was snippier than normal before her morning coffee.