snipey

Adjective

snipey (comparative snipier, superlative snipiest)

1. Full of or attractive to snipe.
   • The fowler wends his way at dusk to some favourite "snipey" spot, and beats the ground while he carries the net about three feet off the earth.1897, Hugh Alexander Macpherson, A History of Fowling
   • He knew the snipey corners for five miles round, and could move unerringly on the tuft or ditch where the wisp of birds would be found.1923, Shane Leslie, Doomsland, page 68
2. Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky;
   • Curiously, some of the best fox-killers I have encountered lacked the bull terrier heads of the type bred by Breay, and some were decidedly mousy in appearance, with narrow, snipey jaws.1998, Brian Plummer, The Fell Terrier, →ISBN, page 30
   • Lack of chin, too narrow, snipey muzzle2000, Shirlee Kalstone, Poodle Clipping and Grooming: The International Reference, →ISBN, page 59
3. Having a tendency to snipe; given to nasty or cutting comments.
   • You don't have to be so snipey, you know.2001, Penelope Miller, Yesterday's Sorrow, →ISBN, page 181
   • I was a very mean, snipey, overbearing person who gets murdered at the end.2009, Rosemary Jackson, Rosey's Ramblings, →ISBN, page 143