brassy
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brassy
2brassie
or brass·y, brass·ey
- 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
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brash, bold, blaring, gaudy, rude, piercing, jazzy, flashy, jarring, shrill, arrant, barefaced, blatant, brazen, flirtatious, forward, garish, grating, hard, harshExamples from the Web for brassy
Contemporary Examples of brassy
That brassy ploy had caught the Costa Ricans entirely off-guard and had knocked them off their stride.
The brassy Baptist says AIDS is spread through gay men who wear sharp rings to draw blood out of their targets.
“His films are brassy, anachronistic,” says Rex Roberts, associate editor with Film International.
It's inspired by the women she sees on Tumblr who are "bright, brash, and brassy," she explains.
The brassy comedienne of one of daytime's biggest gabfests now has her own hit talk show on HLN.
Historical Examples of brassy
The morning of the election the sun heaved up on a brassy sky.
Quaint CourtshipsVarious
No, I think not, for Brassy prescribed for himself and I administered the medicine.
Buffalo Bill's Spy TrailerColonel Prentiss Ingraham
Thank you, Brassy, but I do not care to accept your services.
Buffalo Bill's Spy TrailerColonel Prentiss Ingraham
For a moment the bold, brassy look was gone from her face, like a mask that had slipped.
Space PrisonTom Godwin
I shall play my brassy spoon, Purnell, the one with the yellow head.
IT and Other StoriesGouverneur Morris
brassy
- 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
brassie
brassy
- 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