Brassy
made of or covered with brass.
resembling brass, as in color.
harsh and metallic:
brassy tones.
brazen; bold; loud.
noisy; clamorous:
a big, brassy nightclub.
brassie.
a club with a wooden head, the brass-plated face of which has more slope than a driver but less than a spoon, for hitting long, low drives on the fairway.
Contemporary Examples
‘Great Gatsby’ Reviewers Divided: Is Baz Luhrmann a Good Director? Kevin Fallon May 8, 2013
The Plus-Size Blogging Craze Judy McGuire February 12, 2013
Joy Behar’s New Point of View Kevin Sessums May 11, 2010
Five OTHER Outrageous Pat Robertson Theories Caitlin Dickson August 27, 2013
Argentina Drops the Netherlands on Penalties in World Cup Semifinal Tunku Varadarajan July 9, 2014
Historical Examples
Dust Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
Quaint Courtships Various
Fore! Charles Emmett Van Loan
IT and Other Stories Gouverneur Morris
Doctor Claudius, A True Story F. Marion Crawford
adjective brassier, brassiest
insolent; brazen
flashy; showy
(of sound) harsh, strident, or resembling the sound of a brass instrument
like brass, esp in colour
decorated with or made of brass
a variant spelling of brassie
noun (pl) brassies
(golf) a former name for a club, a No. 2 wood, originally having a brass-plated sole and with a shallower face than a driver to give more loft
adj.
Read Also:
- Brassiness
made of or covered with brass. resembling brass, as in color. harsh and metallic: brassy tones. brazen; bold; loud. noisy; clamorous: a big, brassy nightclub. adjective brassier, brassiest insolent; brazen flashy; showy (of sound) harsh, strident, or resembling the sound of a brass instrument like brass, esp in colour decorated with or made of brass […]
- Brasso
Hungarian name of Braşov. Historical Examples Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Mr Jkai Norman Ten Hundred A. Stanley Blicq The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) Various John Brown Captain R. W. Campbell The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) Various noun the Hungarian name for Braşov
- Brat
a child, especially an annoying, spoiled, or impolite child (usually used in contempt or irritation). Contemporary Examples How Eric Cantor Sabotaged Himself Ben Jacobs, Tim Mak June 10, 2014 How Eric Cantor Sabotaged Himself Ben Jacobs, Tim Mak June 10, 2014 Who Is David Brat? Ben Jacobs June 10, 2014 How to Sound Smart on […]
- Brat-pack
a successful, highly confident, and often close-knit group of famous young people, as actors.
- Brattain
Walter Houser [hou-zer] /ˈhaʊ zər/ (Show IPA), 1902–1987, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1956. noun Walter Houser. 1902–87, US physicist, who shared the Nobel prize for physics (1956) with W. B. Shockley and John Bardeen for their invention of the transistor Brattain (brāt’n) American physicist who, with John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the transistor in […]