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Waxy
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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waxy1 (ˈwæksɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , waxier, waxiest | |
| 1. | resembling wax in colour, appearance, or texture |
| 2. | made of, covered with, or abounding in wax |
| 'waxily1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'waxiness1 | |
| —n | |
| waxy2 (ˈwæksɪ) | |
| —adj , waxier, waxiest | |
| informal, old-fashioned (Brit) bad-tempered or irritable; angry | |
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Example sentences
When water drops on the leaf, it beads up and rolls off the waxy surface, washing away dirt as it goes.
The patient's face doesn't move, but its pinkness drains to a waxy yellow.
No experience with tinned jackfruit, but maybe the waxy stuff you have tried is fake.
She quickly lost this lifelikeness, and became waxy and peaked.
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