Usually means: Provocative, pushing boundaries of decency.
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  1. risque: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. risque: Collins English Dictionary
  3. risque: Vocabulary.com
  4. Risque, risque: Wordnik
  5. risque: Wiktionary
  6. Risqu'e, risque: Dictionary.com
  7. risque: Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. Risque (album), Risque (comics): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. risque: Rhymezone
  10. risque (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. risque: Free Dictionary
  12. risque: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. Risque: Dictionary/thesaurus
  14. risque: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. risque: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. risque: Encyclopedia

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  1. risque: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (risque)

adjective:  (US) Alternative form of risqué [Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.]
noun:  Obsolete spelling of risk. [(uncountable) The probability of a negative outcome to a decision or event.]
verb:  Obsolete spelling of risk. [(transitive) To incur risk of (an unwanted or negative outcome).]

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