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Definition: Snobby |
SnobbyAdjective1. Befitting or characteristic of those who inclined to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Snobby \Snob"by\ (sn[o^]b"b[y^]), adjective. Snobbish. [Rare]. (references) |
Synonyms: SnobbySynonyms: clannish (adj), cliquish (adj), clubby (adj), snobbish (adj). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I could see why some of the boys took him for snobby. He had a quiet way about him, a walk and a talk that just wasn't normal around here (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) | |
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Books | |
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| "Snobby" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Snobby" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "snobby": once-snobby. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "snobby"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | versnobt (snobbish). (various references) | |
Hungarian | sznob (snob, snobbish, snooty). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | obbysnay.(various references) | |
Russian | снобистский (snobbish). (various references) | |
Spanish | snob (snob, snobbish, uppity), esnob (snob, snobbish). (various references) | |
Swedish | snobbig (dandified, dandyish, foppish, high hat, snobbish, snooty). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งทำหัวสูง (snobbish). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ulumsy. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | снобістський (snobbish), бундючний (bombastic, cavalier, chilly, cockish, flatulent, haughty, highfalutin, highfaluting, high-hearted, mouth-filling, overly, pompous, puffed up, scenic, scenical, snobbish, swollen). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Snobby" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Nibby, Scobbie, slobby, snabb, Stobbie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "snobby" (pronounced snÄ"bē) |
| 4 | -n Ä" b ē | knobby. |
| 3 | -Ä" b ē | Bobby, Dobie, hobby, lobby. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-n-o-s-y" | |
-1 letter: nobby. | |
-2 letters: bobs, bony, boys, nobs, nosy, snob, sybo, yobs. | |
-3 letters: bob, bos, boy, bys, nob, nos, ons, sob, son, soy, syn, yob, yon. | |
-4 letters: bo, by, no, on, os, oy, so, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-n-o-s-y" | |
+2 letters: snobbery, snobbily. | |
+4 letters: absorbancy, absorbency, snobbishly, stubbornly. | |
+5 letters: absorbingly, boysenberry. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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