Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Resembling a peach, especially in color or texture.
- adj. Informal Splendid; fine.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Resembling a peach, especially in color or texture; of the nature of the peach.
- n. A fermented drink made from peaches.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Resembling a peach or peaches.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. very good
- adj. of something resembling a peach in color
Etymologies
- peach + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And, of course, it's got to pass the sniff test: It should have an aroma that can best be described as "peachy.”
“Wow this will just go over "peachy" with the black vote.”
“She had a wide, laughing mouth, searching grey eyes and the kind of peachy complexion most New York women would kill for.”
“Perry was made to some extent from pears, and was advertised for sale in the _Boston News Letter_, and one traveller told of "peachy" made from peaches.”
“Clark and Lois pretending everything was "peachy" in front of Martha Kent.”
“In fact, that was OK by them. same with the constant death threats Sarah Palin and her family are subjected to now, but again, that's just 'peachy' with the vast majority of the particpants here.”
“Mon 28 Jun 10 (04: 05pm) ahahahahahaha, sounds like everthings just "peachy”
“Michelle Eroica Reisling (2005) - Supposedly, this is has a "slate" taste, but it's kind of peachy to me, and it goes down smooth.”
“Its acronym, PCHI, is pronounced "peachy," a breezy nickname that does not describe how Soran feels when he reviews figures showing a steady drain of his business to Partners doctors, who are paid 15 percent to 40 percent more than his doctors, based on Blue Cross rates.”
“Alex Pachis, 15, said parents aren't getting a "peachy" child when they take in a foster child.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘peachy’.
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Y
What a -Y does to an otherwise common, dull word
zany, waxy, wavy, arty, chewy, bony, boxy, cozy, nosy, foxy, wiry, junky and 321 more...
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capitalcreative's Words
deviltry, visceral, cassanova, assuage, genesis, hot minute, osmosis, wistful, sublime, loathe, farfetched, newfangled and 283 more...
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Fun Words
Words that are fun to say....
gobbledygook, jings, crivens, hullabaloo, wheech, brouhaha, pizzazz, harum-scarum, namby-pamby, pussyfoot, frippery, pitter-patter and 333 more...
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Descriptive
The present, the future. Goals, wishes, hopes.
capricious, sericeous, sleek, flawless, charming, skilled, long-haired, versatile, beautiful, witty, fair, thin and 145 more...
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Chainlink's Words
hat, opalescent, opal, emerald, sapphire, scythe, carnival, calliope, brilliant, awesome, feather, fantastic and 268 more...
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My Little Ponies
A list of My Little Pony names from the original (G1) collection. 1982-1992
cotton candy, butterscotch, blossom, blue belle, minty, snuzzle, seashell, bubbles, bow tie, applejack, sunbeam, medley and 352 more...
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The History of Cool
Words that mean "cool" around the world and through the ages.
cool, awesome, wild, stylin', groovy, neat, nifty, swell, great, tubular, radical, bitchin' and 188 more...
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Winter's Bone vocabulary
Study list of difficult words from Daniel Woodrell's novel Winter's Bone. In reverse order: start at the bottom to see words from the beginning of the novel!
plaid, lazy susan, lope, furtive, dour, scamper, hard-boiled, implacable, dainty, stomp, resignation, crank and 138 more...
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_mark's keywords ™
words that describe me or that i am focusing on.
( personal list )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/personas--2<...satirical, dark, enigmatic, androgyny, appreciative, opinionated, inquisitive, sensitive, nonchalant, acerbic, scientific, circumspective and 220 more...
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Idioms or Phrases or "expressions"
like nobody's bui..., soap up, plug away, country club, horse whisperer, cease and desist, eye of the beholder, small-claims court, nut job, heebie-jeebies, hole in the wall, black-tie and 101 more...
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Inguriddo's list
linger, smooth, devour, excruciating, totally, bogus, wreck, labyrinth, complexity, reserved, vanish, disappear and 33 more...
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Localisms, don'cha know?
Welcome to Minnesota!
these are things i've overheard locally in others' casual conversations. words that you wouldn't expect to hear in this area, but that i have heard utterred out loud. in...spendy, lemonass, anal-snapping, fucktard, blam, cro-magnon, banshee, kook, atwitter, facetious, bruhaha, brouhaha and 13 more...
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fun words
sprog, ornery, persnickety, myopia, snogging, swank, pithy, papyrus, svengali, lucid, jesuit, kitty and 4 more...
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What I am . . .
is what I am?
nonconformist, influential, affable, spiffy, peachy, extrovert, sentimental, clever, bashful, libidinous, cerebral, clairvoyant and 45 more...
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alserina's Words
bizarre, reverie, illusory, delinquent, peachy, blithe, melancholia, liquescent, purulent, peristyle, pergola, fleur de lis and 6 more...
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hideehogal's Words
viridian, vermillion, concertina, cerulean, mishegosh, mystical, violaceous, scintilla, piquant, stroopwafel, quagmire, reticulated and 52 more...
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