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Definition of sketchy

sketchy    Featured Word

notes

  1. also sketch.

adjective

  1. suspicious.
    That deal sounds sketchy.
    That deal sounds sketch.
  2. dangerous.
    That's a pretty sketchy part of town.
    That's a pretty sketch part of town.
  3. of questionable character, strange.
    I'd stay away from that guy, he looks sketchy.
    I'd stay away from that guy, he looks sketch.

    Submitted by Columbia, Walpole, MA, USA, Dec 25 1997.

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