Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A state of agitation or irritation.

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  • noun A temper; a lack of patience; a bad mood.
  • noun A U.S. unit of volume for liquor equal to 2 jiggers, 3 U.S. fluid ounces, or 88.7 milliliters.
  • noun US, dialect A beer chaser commonly served in three-ounce servings in highball or juice glasses with a Bloody Mary cocktail in the upper midwest states of United States including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Illinois.

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  • noun a state of agitated irritation

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Origin unknown.]

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  • I think this one has burrowed its way into my consciousness without me being, well, conscious of it. I'm fairly certain I've used snitty once or twice.

    February 21, 2008

  • In a real snit, I stomped into the bedroom to put on my bathrobe. -Charlaine Harris, Living Dead in Dallas

    December 11, 2010