snipey

of an animal's head

Full of or attractive to snipe. / (of an animal's head) Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky; / Having a tendency to snipe; given to nasty or cutting comments.

Japanese Meaning

（鳥のスナイプのくちばしに似せた）頭部や顔の形状が、細長く尖った感じであるさま / スナイプ（鳥）が好む、または引き寄せられる性質を持つこと / 皮肉や嫌味、刺々しい、切れ味のあるコメントをしがちな性質があること

What is this buttons?

The marsh was snipey at dawn, with dozens of wary birds probing the mud.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

その湿地は夜明けにシギが群がっていて、用心深い鳥が何十羽も泥をつついていた。

Details

Sense（1）

Full of or attractive to snipe.

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Details

Sense（2）

(of an animal's head) Resembling the bill of a snipe; long, thin, and pointed; beaky;

Curiously, some of the best fox-killers I have encountered lacked the bull terrier heads of the type bred by Breay, and some were decidedly mousy in appearance, with narrow, snipey jaws.

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