Adjective
a bawdy film that is not appropriate for children
a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired
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Adjective
Hammer the accelerator, and the duopoly of gasoline and electric motivation creates bawdy thrust, with bold low-end torque and a strong pull all the way to a 7,500 rpm redline in each gear.—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 9 July 2024 Iliza Shlesinger Her name may be difficult to pronounce (and also spell), but Iliza Shlesinger is a self-aware millennial whisperer who has found her audience courtesy of acerbic wit and bawdy jokes about the harrowing experience of being a woman in the modern age.—Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 11 June 2024
Noun
That twisted inner world is beautifully realized in a shadowy mélange of fringe and ruffles by the designer Tom Scutt, whose bawdy, under-the-big-top scenic and costume design is a feat of textures and deep, muted colors.—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 22 Apr. 2024 Lear and Yorkin brought Sanford and Son, based on another British series and starring bawdy Las Vegas stand-up Redd Foxx as a junkman, to NBC.—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023 See all Example Sentences for bawdy
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