snipey

snipe +‎ -y

snipey (comparative snipier, superlative snipiest)

1. Full of or attractive to snipe.
   • 1897, Hugh Alexander Macpherson, A History of Fowling:

     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.

   • 1923, Shane Leslie, Doomsland, page 68:

     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.

   • 2015, Kellen Cutsforth, Buffalo Bill, Boozers, Brothels, and Bare-Knuckle Brawlers, →ISBN:

     Started early with the Doc for the island and soon get to the snipey place.

2. (of an animal's head) Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky;
   • 1998, Brian Plummer, The Fell Terrier, →ISBN, page 30:

     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.

   • 2000, Shirlee Kalstone, Poodle Clipping and Grooming: The International Reference, →ISBN, page 59:

     Lack of chin, too narrow, snipey muzzle

   • 2009, Richard G. Beauchamp, Bichon Frise, →ISBN, page 10:

     There is a slight degree of chiseling under the eyes, but not so much as to result in a weak or snipey foreface.

3. Having a tendency to snipe; given to nasty or cutting comments.
   • 2001, Penelope Miller, Yesterday's Sorrow, →ISBN, page 181:

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

   • 2009, Rosemary Jackson, Rosey's Ramblings, →ISBN, page 143:

     I was a very mean, snipey, overbearing person who gets murdered at the end.

   • 2011, Katie Price, Angel Uncovered, →ISBN, page 173:

     And I don't mean to sound snipey but Gemma and me have both been working really hard lately – I was in the salon from half-seven this morning and I didn't finish till seven this evening, and I bet Gemma had an equally long day.

• Nyepis, Pineys, penisy