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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

... after, when they landed at the cove, fairly sated with pulling in the gamy little mackerel, and happy as two boys, Telly met them with a smile and the news that dinner ...

— Uncle Terry - A Story of the Maine Coast • Charles Clark Munn

... soon discovered that fine trolling was to be had outside the reef. We rigged a sail for the extra dory, and spent much of our time at the sport. I do not know the names of the fish. They were very gamy indeed, and ran from five to an indeterminate number of pounds in weight. Above fifty pounds our light tackle parted, so we had no means of knowing how large they may ...

— The Mystery • Stewart Edward White and Samuel Hopkins Adams

... had sent in some hot potatoes, and chaps like us that had been riding, walking, and fighting for twenty hours right on end had just the sort of appetite that a bird of that kind deserved. He was as fat as butter, too. They feed on dandelion seeds at that time of the year. It gives 'em a sort of gamy flavour such as no other bird, wild or tame, has. To my liking the wild turkey beats the black duck even. He's the best game bird that flies ...

— Robbery Under Arms • Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood