Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Easily offended or annoyed; ill-tempered or belligerent.
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- adjective UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang
Ornery ,fractious ,belligerent , orobstreperous , and hence difficult to deal with.
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- adjective obstreperous
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And getting stroppy is not going to work. on January 16, 2008 at 10: 10 am | Reply plod999
Cross and Rude. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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When I mentioned it, Cheryl got kind of stroppy, and moved us to another room which was like a coffee room or a public library - people everywhere!!!
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2003
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Talking to the Evening Standard, Sally Bercow, 40, admitted drinking to excess most evenings, engaging in one-night stands and being "stroppy".
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She also argued that descriptions of her as "stroppy" reflected a double standard in the treatment of male and female politicians.
New Statesman 2009
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Talking to the Evening Standard, Sally Bercow, 40, admitted drinking to excess most evenings, engaging in one-night stands and being "stroppy".
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Ms Smith did say, however, that she had been annoyed by being described as "stroppy" on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, adding she had never heard a man described as that.
icCoventry 2009
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Personally I would rather be termed offensive, rude or crass than "stroppy".
Cactus Kate 2009
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Talking to the Evening Standard, Sally Bercow, 40, admitted drinking to excess most evenings, engaging in one-night stands and being "stroppy".
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perhaps they should have sister establishment in Edinburgh called 'stroppy'!
Sunny train trip Jes 2009
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The only course of action that I can see is for the parent to be able to impose their will on the stroppy teenager without fear of prosecution.
Purple Pain « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
trivet commented on the word stroppy
Excellent word! I especially like the phrase "get all stroppy."
February 22, 2007