From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Snappy \Snap"py\, a.
Snappish. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
snappy
adj 1: apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice" [syn:
{snappish}, {snappy}]
2: smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and
whipping lines" [syn: {snappy}, {whipping}]
3: pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and
frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day";
"snappy weather" [syn: {crisp}, {frosty}, {nipping}, {nippy},
{snappy}]
4: marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper
young man"; "a jaunty red hat" [syn: {dapper}, {dashing},
{jaunty}, {natty}, {raffish}, {rakish}, {spiffy}, {snappy},
{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: {alert}, {brisk},
{lively}, {merry}, {rattling}, {snappy}, {spanking}, {zippy}]
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