1 Don't get stroppy with me it's not my fault!

2 Don't get stroppy with me—it isn't my fault!

3 I try not to get stroppy, but sometimes I just can't help it.

4 It's no use getting stroppy - I said no and I meant it!

5 Teachers report themselves becoming punitive and stroppy with pupils, colleagues and their own families.

6 Mary got stroppy about it and said it was wrong what they were doing, it was a desecration.

7 The gas people haven't called to repair the cooker so I shall have to get stroppy with them.

8 It was just the excuse she needed to get stroppy.

9 And you'll have to watch the seagulls -- not to mention stroppy shopkeepers!

10 A mother I knew was going through a really unpleasant time with a stroppy teenage son.