snaggy

English

Etymology

From snag +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /snæɡi/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Adjective

snaggy (comparative snaggier, superlative snaggiest)

  1. Covered in snags, or similar sharp projections.
  2. (UK, dialect, archaic) Bad-tempered; crotchety.
    • 1889, English Dialect Society, Publications, numbers 59-64, page 501:
      I couldn't live wi' a snaggy man like him if I was paaid[sic] for it.

References

  • (crotchety): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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