Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a raccoon.

Etymologies

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raccoon +‎ -ish

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Examples

  • Like a yoga-fit granny sporting raven locks and raccoonish amounts of mascara, the 52-year-old performed bona fide singalongs -- "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," "Cherry Bomb" -- and gave a shout-out to her home town: "I used to live not too far from here, over in Rockville!"

    FreeFest: For LDC Soundgarden, a roaring (and swirling) success Chris Richards 2010

  • Ms. Freshly, one of the regular queens, usually just has a cowboy cocktail or two while watching the young bucks square-dance, but that night she was more inebriated than usual: her tear-splotched eyeliner made her look distinctly raccoonish.

    Go Ahead 2009

  • Ms. Freshly, one of the regular queens, usually just has a cowboy cocktail or two while watching the young bucks square-dance, but that night she was more inebriated than usual: her tear-splotched eyeliner made her look distinctly raccoonish.

    Go Ahead Roger Weaver 2009

  • Mary-Kate Olsen plays her with raccoonish eye liner, huge hair and flowing black clothes, as if she's going as Stevie Nicks for Halloween.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

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