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Etymology

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From snitch +‎ -y.

Adjective

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snitchy (comparative snitchier or more snitchy, superlative snitchiest or most snitchy)

  1. Characteristic of snitches or snitching; tell-tale
    • 2010, Cory Doctorow, Little Brother:
      The SchoolBooks were the snitchiest technology of them all, logging every keystroke, watching all the network traffic for suspicious keywords, counting every click, keeping track of every fleeting thought you put out over the net.
  2. Irritable; ill-tempered