flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty
(adjective) (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
(adjective) tastelessly showy; “a flash car”; “a flashy ring”; “garish colors”; “a gaudy costume”; “loud sport shirts”; “a meretricious yet stylish book”; “tawdry ornaments”
gaudy
(noun) (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
Source: WordNet® 3.1
gaudy (comparative gaudier, superlative gaudiest)
very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
(obsolete) fun; merry; festive
• (excessively showy): tawdry, flashy, garish, kitschy
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gaudy (plural gaudies)
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
gaudy (plural gaudies)
A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the summer vacations.
Source: Wiktionary
Gaud"y, a. [Compar. Gaudier; superl. Gauidiest.]
1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak.
2. Gay; merry; festal. Tennyson. Let's have one other gaudy night. Shak.
Gaud"y, n.; pl. Gaudies Etym: [See Gaud, n.]
Definition: One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] Gower.
Gaud"y, n.
Definition: A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day. [Oxford Univ.] Conybeare.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 July 2025
(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
