gamy

gamy

adj \ˈgā-mē\

gam·i·ergam·i·est

Definition of GAMY

1

: brave, plucky —used especially of animals

2

a : having the flavor of game; especially : having the flavor of game near tainting b : smelly

3

a : sordid, scandalous <gave us all the gamy details> b : corrupt, disreputable <a gamy character> c : sexually suggestive : racy <gamy witticisms>

— gam·i·ly \-mə-lē\ adverb

— gam·i·ness \-mē-nəs\ noun

Variants of GAMY

gamy or gam·ey \ˈgā-mē\

Examples of GAMY

1. <a singles bar where the conversations and come-on lines tend to be gamy>

First Known Use of GAMY

1844

Related to GAMY

Synonyms: bawdy, blue, suggestive (or gamey), lewd, off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, ribald, risqué, salty, spicy

Related Words: leering; barnyard, coarse, coarse-grained, crude, earthy, foul, gross, vulgar; dirty, filthy, gutter, indecent, lascivious, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny, prurient, raunchy, smutty, stag, unprintable, unpublishable, warm, X-rated; immodest, indecorous, indelicate, naughty

Near Antonyms: clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene; innocuous, inoffensive; priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian; correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly

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