English Dictionary

snipey

adj

Full of or attractive to snipe. / (of an animal's head) Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky; / Having a tendency to snipe; given to nasty or cutting comments.

The snipey marshland was a haven for birdwatchers.

意味（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.

意味（2）

(of an animal's head) 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.

意味（3）

Having a tendency to snipe; given to nasty or cutting comments.

You don't have to be so snipey, you know.