1. Marked by rude or peremptory shortness
   - brusque, curt, short, snippy

See also: discourteous

• fly off the handle
• fly on
• fly on the wall
• fly open
• fly orchid
• fly poison
• fly rod
• fly sheet
• fly tent
• fly the coop
• fly tipper
• fly-by
• fly-by-night
• fly-fishing
• fly-half
• fly-tip
• flyaway
• flyblown
• flybridge
• flycatcher
• flycatching warbler
• flyer
• flyfish
• flying
• flying bird