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kiadjective, snark·i·er, snark·i·est. Chiefly British Slang.
testy or irritable; short.
Origin:
1910–15; dial. snark to nag, find fault with (apparently identical with snark, snork to snort, snore, probably < Dutch, Low German snorken to snore) + -y1
1910–15; dial. snark to nag, find fault with (apparently identical with snark, snork to snort, snore, probably < Dutch, Low German snorken to snore) + -y1
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snarky
"irritable, short-tempered," 1906, from snark (v.) "to snort" (1866), from an imitative source akin to Low Ger. snarken, N.Fris. snarke, Swed. snarka.
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