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brassy
/ˈbɹɑː.si/
adj 4noun 2
Collocations
4ADJ.
single, young
VERB + BRASSY
get
BRASSY + NOUN
ashanti
PREP.
with, with
Definitions
adj
1
Resembling brass.
The cup had a brassy color.
2
Impudent; impudently bold.
Don’t get brassy with me, young lady!
There's more than one way to declare independence, after all, and whereas Beyoncé announced hers with a brassy single, Ashanti tucks a similar spirit into every not-quite-heartbroken lyric.
3
Unfeeling; pitiless.
4
Harsh in tone.
an organ stop with a brassy tone
noun
1
Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”).
noun
1
Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
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The cup had a brassy color.
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Don’t get brassy with me, young lady!
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There's more than one way to declare independence, after all, and whereas Beyoncé announced hers with a brassy single, Ashanti tucks a similar spirit into every not-quite-heartbroken lyric.
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