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racy

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adj/ˈɹeɪsi/
  1. 1

    Mildly risqué.

    • She wore a racy dress that was just barely appropriate for the occasion.
    • a racy story
  2. 2

    Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.

    • a racy wine
  3. 3

    Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.broadlyfiguratively

  4. 4

    Involving a data race or a race condition.

    • We evaluate the automatic fence insertion procedure by running our tool on a number of different benchmarks containing racy code.

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