racy
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racy
- /ˈɹeɪsi/
Rhymes with -eɪsi
Where it comes from
From race (“having a characteristic taste (of wines, fruits, etc.)”) + -y.
adjective racier · raciest
- Mildly risqué. She wore a racy dress that was just barely appropriate for the occasion.
- Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil. a racy wine
- Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
- Involving a data race or a race condition. These are some common descriptions of badly constructed tests: Tests that sometimes run, sometimes fail (often this is caused by the use of threads, or racy code that relies on specific timing, by reliance on external dependencies, the order of tests being run in the test suite, or on shared state)
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adj lively and entertaining and typically slightly risque
| Español | picante, subido de tono |
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