Usually means: Risky, uncertain, dependent on luck.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word chancy:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. chancy: Merriam-Webster
  2. chancy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. chancy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. chancy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. chancy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Chancy, chancy: Wordnik
  7. chancy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Chancy, chancy: Wiktionary
  9. chancy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. chancy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. chancy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. chancy: Dictionary.com
  13. chancy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Chancy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. chancy: Rhymezone
  16. chancy: FreeDictionary.org
  17. chancy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. chancy: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. chancy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Chancy (Geneva), chancy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. chancy: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. chancy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. chancy: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See chancier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Uncertain; risky; hazardous.
adjective:  Subject to chance; random.
adjective:  (dated, colloquial) Lucky; bringing good luck.
noun:  An English surname from Old French.
noun:  A male given name transferred from the surname.

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