adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Technical, of or related to technology. informal

   "Are there any techy types around? My computer has stopped working."

2. 2
   Alternative spelling of tetchy. alt-of, alternative, obsolete

Adjective

1. 1
   easily irritated or annoyed wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

crankyfractiousirritablenettlesomenettlesomepeckish

Example

More examples

"Are there any techy types around? My computer has stopped working."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From tech + -y. Compare techie.

Etymology 2

Variant of tetchy, of uncertain etymology.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.