Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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snappy

/ˈsnæpi/ adjective

Forms snappier snappiest

  1. adjective (informal) Rapid and without delay. “a snappy response”
  2. adjective (informal) Irritable. “You're snappy this morning; did you not sleep well?”
  3. adjective (informal) Tidy; well-dressed; sharp. “Here he is, looking snappy in his brand-new suit.”
  4. adjective Chilly, brisk, sharp. “snappy weather; snappy pace; snappy rejoinder”
  5. adjective Tending to snap or bite. “a snappy dog”
  6. adjective Clever, catchy. “a snappy motto”

Synonyms

fast immediate quick peevish testy tetchy nippy parky snappish whipping crisp frosty nipping dapper dashing jaunty natty raffish rakish spiffy spruce alert brisk lively merry rattling spanking zippy

Webster’s 1913

  1. adjective Snappish. [Colloq.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “snappy”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details