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Racy

//ˈɹeɪsi// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Mildly risqué.

    "She wore a racy dress that was just barely appropriate for the occasion."

  2. 2
    Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.

    "a racy wine"

  3. 3
    Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively. broadly, figuratively
  4. 4
    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)"

Adjective
  1. 1
    designed or suitable for competing in a race wordnet
  2. 2
    suggestive of sexual impropriety wordnet
  3. 3
    full of zest or vigor wordnet
  4. 4
    marked by richness and fullness of flavor wordnet

Etymology

From race (“having a characteristic taste (of wines, fruits, etc.)”) + -y.

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