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  • adjective Like an acid, somewhat acid.

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Examples

  • Sea Change creates a climate where we can think of the ocean acidy issue now like the threat of nuclear war back in the 50s, it is that serious just less political.

    Sea Change Screens at 52nd San Francisco International Film Festival 2009

  • Organizers recommend wearing goggles to protect your peepers from the acidy tomatoes.

    PHOTOS: Tomato-Throwing Mayhem At Spain's La Tomatina Festival 2010

  • Tired and feeling the onset of an acidy stomach, she walked back to the train station and booked a seat on the night train to New Newbridge.

    Among the Ghosts Amber Benson 2010

  • I prefer the little ones grown locally because they are not acidy like the others, and they have much more flavor, perfect for the salsa we are preparing today.

    Authentic Mexican cuisine at Oaxaca's La Casa de los Sabores cooking school 2008

  • Tired and feeling the onset of an acidy stomach, she walked back to the train station and booked a seat on the night train to New Newbridge.

    Among the Ghosts Amber Benson 2010

  • She thought this thought in a clinical sort of way, deciding to ignore the goings-on in her own guts, the churning and swirling, the acidy dance—

    Falling In Frances O’Roark Dowell 2010

  • I prefer the little ones grown locally because they are not acidy like the others, and they have much more flavor, perfect for the salsa we are preparing today.

    Authentic Mexican cuisine at Oaxaca's La Casa de los Sabores cooking school 2008

  • She thought this thought in a clinical sort of way, deciding to ignore the goings-on in her own guts, the churning and swirling, the acidy dance—

    Falling In Frances O’Roark Dowell 2010

  • Tired and feeling the onset of an acidy stomach, she walked back to the train station and booked a seat on the night train to New Newbridge.

    Among the Ghosts Amber Benson 2010

  • But the mentality of those who remain -- the Last Dogs -- is the same, distilled to an acidy essence.

    The Last Dogs Go To War 2008

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