Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or having any of the qualities of brass; brazen: chiefly used in a derogatory sense: as, a brassy taste; the coloring is brassy.
- Brazen-faced; impudent.
- noun A Scotch name of the bib, a gadoid fish.
- noun A wooden golf-club shod with brass on the sole.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.
- adjective colloq. Impudent; impudently bold.
- noun (Golf) A wooden club soled with brass.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Resembling
brass . - adjective informal
Impudent ; impudently bold. - noun Same as
brassie
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective resembling the sound of a brass instrument
- adjective tastelessly showy
- adjective unrestrained by convention or propriety
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word brassy.
Examples
-
"Well," said Thomas, as he reached his ball, "that's not what I call a brassy lie."
Happy Days 1919
-
 Oscillator 2 provides a-not particularly "brassy" - pulse wave, which brings in the ensemble.
-
By adding the extra color, Sharp says, a TV's color gamut can be expanded from millions to trillions of colors, resulting in more natural, truer images, and the ability to more accurately display hard-to-depict colors, such as brassy gold.
Sharp readies “Quattron” LCD TVs with an extra primary color 2010
-
By adding the extra color, Sharp says, a TV's color gamut can be expanded from millions to trillions of colors, resulting in more natural, truer images, and the ability to more accurately display hard-to-depict colors, such as brassy gold.
Sharp readies “Quattron” LCD TVs with an extra primary color 2010
-
By adding the extra color, Sharp says, a TV's color gamut can be expanded from millions to trillions of colors, resulting in more natural, truer images, and the ability to more accurately display hard-to-depict colors, such as brassy gold.
CES 2010: Sharp Aquos LCD TVs get bigger, more colorful, & Netflix streaming 2010
-
By adding the extra color, Sharp says, a TV's color gamut can be expanded from millions to trillions of colors, resulting in more natural, truer images, and the ability to more accurately display hard-to-depict colors, such as brassy gold.
CES 2010: Sharp Aquos LCD TVs get bigger, more colorful, & Netflix streaming 2010
-
Specializing in such life-threatening dishes as deep-fried macaroni and cheese and bread pudding made from Krispy Kreme donuts, Ms. Deen is high-voltage Dixie kitsch, a cartoon version of the kind of brassy, boozy aunt that the other aunts always refer to as a "hoot."
-
It is accompanied by a peculiar "brassy," ringing cough, which, once heard, can never be mistaken.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
-
Where the villain's music has the kind of brassy, descending notes that signal cunning evil, Wells is given an almost wistful flute - music that suggests a meek, buttoned-up Victorian.
unknown title 2009
-
Where the villain's music has the kind of brassy, descending notes that signal cunning evil, Wells is given an almost wistful flute - music that suggests a meek, buttoned-up Victorian.
unknown title 2009
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.