snazzy

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snaz·zy

(snăz′ē)

adj. snaz·zi·er, snaz·zi·est Slang

Fashionable or flashy.

[Origin unknown.]

snaz′zi·ness n.

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snazzy

(ˈsnæzɪ)

adj, -zier or -ziest

(Clothing & Fashion) informal (esp of clothes) stylishly and often flashily attractive

[C20: perhaps from sn(appy + j)azzy]

ˈsnazzily adv

ˈsnazziness n

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snaz•zy

(ˈsnæz i)

adj. -zi•er, -zi•est. Slang.

extremely attractive or stylish; flashy.

[1930–35, Amer.; orig. uncertain]

snaz′zi•ness, n.

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Adj.

snazzy - flashily stylish; "a snazzy outfit"

colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

stylish, fashionable - having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd"

snazzy

adjective (Informal) stylish, smart, dashing, with it (informal), attractive, sophisticated, flamboyant, sporty, flashy, jazzy (informal), showy, ritzy (slang), raffish snazzy swimsuits

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Translations

snazzy

[ˈsnæzɪ] ADJ (snazzier (compar) (snazziest (superl))) a snazzy dress → un vestido vistoso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

snazzy

[ˈsnæzi] adj [clothes] → classe inv, chouette

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

snazzy

adj (+er), snazzily

adv (dated inf) → flott

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

snazzy

[ˈsnæzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (clothes) → sciccoso/a

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