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snitchy

snitchy adjective: characteristic of snitches or snitching; tell-tale.

Adjective

snitchy (comparative snitchier or more snitchy, superlative snitchiest or most snitchy)

  1. Characteristic of snitches or snitching; tell-tale
    • The SchoolBooks were the snitchiest technology of them all, logging every keystroke, watching all the network traffic for suspicious keywords, counting every click, keeping track of every fleeting thought you put out over the net.2010, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother
  2. Irritable; ill-tempered

Forms of snitchy

comparativesnitchier
comparativemore snitchy
superlativesnitchiest
superlativemost snitchy

Origin of snitchy

From snitch + -y.

Questions about snitchy

What does snitchy mean?
Snitchy means characteristic of snitches or snitching; tell-tale.
What part of speech is snitchy?
Snitchy is an adjective.

Words near snitchy in the dictionary

  1. snitches up
  2. snitchier
  3. snitchiest
  4. snitching
  5. snitching up
  6. snitchy
  7. snite
  8. snited
  9. snites
  10. snithe
  11. snithed

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