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PEACHY (peachier, peachiest)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: peachier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, peachiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does peachy mean? 

PEACHY (adjective)
  The adjective PEACHY has 2 senses:

1. very goodplay

2. of something resembling a peach in colorplay

  Familiarity information: PEACHY used as an adjective is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PEACHY (adjective)

 Declension: comparative and superlative 
Comparative: peachier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Superlative: peachiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Very good

Synonyms:

bang-up; bully; corking; cracking; dandy; great; groovy; keen; neat; nifty; not bad; old; peachy; slap-up; smashing; swell

Context example:

we had a grand old time

Similar:

good (having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Of something resembling a peach in color

Synonyms:

peachy; peachy-colored; peachy-coloured

Similar:

chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)

Derivation:

peach (a shade of pink tinged with yellow)


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