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Gamy

adjective

Suggestive of sexual impropriety. Synonyms: blue, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicy. "Blue jokes" , "He skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details" , "A juicy scandal" , "A naughty wink" , "Naughty words" , "Racy anecdotes" , "A risque story" , "Spicy gossip"

(used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted. Synonyms: gamey, high.

Willing to face danger. Synonyms: game, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky.

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"Gamy" Quotes from Famous Books

... huge fire were speedily under weigh. We were much pestered here with weekas (woodhens) who carried off most of our food which was not securely covered by night. These birds are the most persistent thieves, nearly as large as a common fowl, of a browny colour, gamy looking, with long legs and very short wings, the latter only serving to assist them in running, for they cannot fly. They are to be found in every New Zealand bush, and unless travellers take the precaution to place provisions ...

— Five Years in New Zealand - 1859 to 1864 • Robert B. Booth

Words linked to "Gamy" : stinky, courageous, sexy, unpleasant-smelling, gaminess, brave, malodourous, ill-smelling, malodorous