adjective
- easily annoyed or irritated; touchy or bad-tempered
Usage: informal
Examples
- He gets techy when people interrupt him while he’s working.
- She was feeling techy after a long day of meetings.
- Don’t be so techy about constructive criticism.
- The professor became techy when students arrived late to class.
- I’m sorry if I seemed techy earlier – I hadn’t had my coffee yet.
- He’s always techy in the morning before breakfast.