rakish
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Rakish
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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rakish1 (ˈreɪkɪʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| dissolute; profligate | |
| [C18: from | |
| 'rakishly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'rakishness1 | |
| —n | |
| rakish2 (ˈreɪkɪʃ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | dashing; jaunty: a hat set at a rakish angle |
| 2. | nautical (of a ship or boat) having lines suggestive of speed |
| [C19: probably from | |
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Example sentences
Some of them have been tilted at rakish angles by normal, seasonal frost heaving over the years.
He wears a bold tie and a fedora-type hat tilted at a rakish angle.
It is partially sheathed on the sides and has a deep overhang reminiscent of the rakish prow of a ship.
Her fall collection includes this rakish rabbit-felt hat with grosgrain ribbon trim.
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