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snaggy

adj
/snæɡi/

Etymology

From snag + -y.

  1. derived from *snakk-✻
  2. derived from snagi — “clothes peg”
  3. inherited from *snagge✻
  4. suffixed as snaggy — “snag + y”

Definitions

  1. Covered in snags, or similar sharp projections.

  2. Bad-tempered

    Bad-tempered; crotchety.

    • I couldn't live wi' a snaggy man like him if I was paaid^([sic]) for it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA