Usually means: Hot flavor, stimulates taste buds.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word spicy:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. spicy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. spicy: Merriam-Webster
  3. spicy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. spicy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. spicy: Collins English Dictionary
  6. spicy: Vocabulary.com
  7. Spicy, spicy: Wordnik
  8. spicy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. spicy: Wiktionary
  10. spicy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. spicy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. spicy: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. spicy: Dictionary.com
  14. spicy: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Spicy (song), Spicy, Spicy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Spicy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. spicy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. spicy: Rhymezone
  19. spicy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. spicy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. spicy: FreeDictionary.org
  22. spicy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. spicy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Epicurus.com Cheese Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Epicurus.com Coffee Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Epicurus.com Wine Glossary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spicy: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spicy: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. spicy: Medical dictionary

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. spicy, spicy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. spicy: Urban Dictionary

Tech (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Spicy: Glossary of Cheese Terms
  2. Glossary of Coffee Terminology (No longer online)
  3. Spicy: Coffee Glossary
  4. Wine Taster's Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See spicier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
adjective:  (informal, of flavors) Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin.
adjective:  (of foods, flavors, or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent.
adjective:  (of expression or behavior) Vigorous; colorful; stimulating.
adjective:  Scandalous.
adjective:  (Internet slang) Risky; mildly aggressive or dangerous.
adjective:  (Internet slang) Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.

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