Erik Spoelstra

A coach-player relationship in this league often will be confrontational at times. And other times, it's smooth sailing. But just the dynamic of the competitive nature of everybody, expectations, results - all these things combine, yeah, sometimes it will get testy. And that's good.

American Coach

Matt Lauer

It usually takes two people a little while to learn where the funny buttons are and testy buttons are.

American Celebrity

Use 'testy' to describe someone showing impatience or irritation due to discomfort or annoyance.

Mood Indicator

'Testy' reflects a temporary emotional state, not a personality trait.

Emotional State

'Testy' suggests a mild level of irritability compared to stronger words like 'furious'.

Intensity

In legal contexts, 'testy' describes clarity and leaves no room for doubt or ambiguity.

Legal Clarity

When one speaks with testy certainty, they express clear confidence in their statement.

Assertiveness

Be aware 'testy' can be misunderstood as irritability outside of legal jargon.

Misunderstood Meaning

 their perception shifts, they start to get a bit bored, a bit testy. They're not rational about probability. They think this game is unfair. It's not giving me my last two pies. I'm going to give up. If they're real boxes, there's not much we can do, but in a game we can just say, "Right, well.

Tom Chatfield: 7 ways...

 She's going to be real testy here. This is a little female. Move girl. Thank you. Oh, now, here's a great opportunity to see a basic difference between a bird and an alligator. What we see is how bird is choosing to feed.

Dinosaurs: Just Big...

 spends a great deal of time congratulating his cameraman and I think it's a good idea otherwise they get a bit testy these fellows you know the sun's getting down on another week David