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stroppy — strop|py [ˈstrɔpi US ˈstra:pi] adj BrE informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Perhaps from obstreperous] bad tempered and easily offended or annoyed ▪ I try not to get stroppy, but sometimes I just can t help it. >stroppiness n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
strop — [OE] Strop has now narrowed down in meaning to the specialized ‘strip of leather for sharpening a razor’, but it used to be a much more general term for a leather band or loop. It goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic word that was probably an … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
stroppy — adjective (stroppier, stroppiest) Brit. informal bad tempered and argumentative. Derivatives stroppily adverb stroppiness noun Origin 1950s: perh. an abbrev. of obstreperous … English new terms dictionary
stroppy — adjective BrE informal bad tempered and easily offended or annoyed: Aaron, we won t go anywhere if you re going to be stroppy! stroppily adverb stroppiness noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
temper — 1. noun 1) he walked out in a temper Syn: rage, fury, fit of pique, tantrum, bad mood, pet, sulk, huff; Brit.; informal strop, paddy; N.Amer.; informal hissy fit 2) a display of temp … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
strop — [OE] Strop has now narrowed down in meaning to the specialized ‘strip of leather for sharpening a razor’, but it used to be a much more general term for a leather band or loop. It goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic word that was probably an … Word origins
stroppy — adj. (stroppier, stroppiest) Brit. colloq. bad tempered; awkward to deal with. Derivatives: stroppily adv. stroppiness n. Etymology: 20th c.: perh. abbr. of OBSTREPEROUS … Useful english dictionary
