snipy

comparative snipier · superlative snipiest

1. Alternative form of snipey.
   1. Full of or attractive to snipe.

      Some however, say it is the result of a capricious disposition which induces them to leave "snipy places" for other spots, but though possible, I am, after many years careful observation, inclined to disagree.

      1936, Geoffrey Alton, Craig Herklots, The Hong Kong Naturalist - Volumes 7-8, page 8

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      The wind was blowing almost a storm as we arrived at our first ground -- a good-sized lake, with broad moory flats, sprinkled with bulrushes and sedgy grass stretching down to the water's edge, and looking uncommonly snipy.

      1858, The New sporting magazine - Volume 35, page 85

      To all this I agreed, and having borrowed a gun from one of my Rifle Officer friends, and a good stock of ammunition, I joined my two new friends at funfire in the morning, and after driving about 6 miles, I saw some very snipy-looking fields, got down, my companions promising to call for me about 11 o'clock on their way back.

      1897, John Tyndall, Pioneer Planter, Voyager and Explorer, page 20

   2. Long, narrow, and pointed.

      The muzzle is strong and squared off, never snipy.

      1993, Pure-bred Dogs, American Kennel Gazette - Volume 110, page 146

   3. Prone to sniping.

      On 16 December 1878 Marian went to court to prove the will, an ordeal which even the usually snipy George Simpson though she should have been spared.

      2001, Kathryn Hughes, George Eliot: The Last Victorian, →ISBN, page 330