Usually means: Pushing boundaries with provocative boldness.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. edgy: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. edgy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. edgy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. edgy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. edgy: Vocabulary.com
  6. Edgy, edgy: Wordnik
  7. edgy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. edgy: Wiktionary
  9. edgy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. edgy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. edgy: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Edgy, edgy: Dictionary.com
  13. edgy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Edgy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Edgy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. edgy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. edgy: Rhymezone
  18. edgy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. edgy: Free Dictionary
  20. edgy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. edgy: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  22. edgy: Dictionary/thesaurus

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. edgy: Netlingo
  2. edgy: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Nervous, apprehensive.
adjective:  (entertainment, advertising) Creatively challenging; cutting edge; leading edge.
adjective:  (entertainment, advertising) On the edge between acceptable and offensive; pushing the boundaries of good taste; risqué.
adjective:  (dated) Irritable.
adjective:  (art) Having some of the forms, such as drapery or the like, too sharply defined.
adjective:  Sharp; having prominent edges.
adjective:  (slang) Cool by virtue of being tough, dark, or badass.
adjective:  (Internet slang) Exhibiting behavior that is disconcerting or alarming, sometimes in an effort to impress or to troll others.

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