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brassy

1
[ bras-ee, brah-see ]
/ ˈbræs i, ˈbrɑ si /
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adjective, brass·i·er, brass·i·est.

made of or covered with brass.
resembling brass, as in color.
harsh and metallic: brassy tones.
brazen; bold; loud.
noisy; clamorous: a big, brassy nightclub.

RELATED WORDS

brash, bold, blaring, gaudy, rude, piercing, jazzy, flashy, jarring, shrill, arrant, barefaced, blatant, brazen, flirtatious, forward, garish, grating, hard, harsh

Nearby words

  1. brassica,
  2. brassicaceous,
  3. brassie,
  4. brassiere,
  5. brassware,
  6. brassó,
  7. brasília,
  8. brat,
  9. brat pack,
  10. bratislava

Origin of brassy

1
First recorded in 1570–80; brass + -y1
ANTONYMS FOR brassy
4. modest, shy, retiring.
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Related formsbrass·i·ly, adverbbrass·i·ness, noun

brassy

2
[ bras-ee, brah-see ]
/ ˈbræs i, ˈbrɑ si /

noun, plural brass·ies. Golf.

brassie.

brassie

or brass·y, brass·ey

[ bras-ee, brah-see ]
/ ˈbræs i, ˈbrɑ si /

noun Golf.

a club with a wooden head, the brass-plated face of which has more slope than a driver but less than a spoon, for hitting long, low drives on the fairway.

Origin of brassie

First recorded in 1885–90; brass + -ie
Also called number two wood.
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British Dictionary definitions for brassy

brassy

/ (ˈbrɑːsɪ) /

adjective brassier or brassiest

insolent; brazen
flashy; showy
(of sound) harsh, strident, or resembling the sound of a brass instrument
like brass, esp in colour
decorated with or made of brass
a variant spelling of brassie
Derived Formsbrassily, adverbbrassiness, noun

brassie

brassy

/ (ˈbræsɪ, ˈbrɑː-) /

noun plural brassies

golf a former name for a club, a No. 2 wood, originally having a brass-plated sole and with a shallower face than a driver to give more loft
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Word Origin and History for brassy

brassy

adj.

"impudent," 1570s, from brass + -y (2). Cf. brazen. Sense of "debased and pretentious" is from 1580s, from brass as contrasted with gold; sense of "strident and artificial" is from 1865. Related: Brassily; brassiness.

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