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shoegazey

shoegazey adjective: having elements of the shoegaze style.

Adjective

shoegazey (comparative more shoegazey, superlative most shoegazey)

  1. (informal, rare) Having elements of the shoegaze style.
    • ...unaffected harmonies over fairly conventional shoegazey rock, though usually to exceptionally beautiful effect.1997, Ira A Robbins, The Trouser Press guide to '90s rock

Forms of shoegazey

comparativemore shoegazey
superlativemost shoegazey
alternative formshoegazy

Origin of shoegazey

From shoegaze + -y.

Questions about shoegazey

What does shoegazey mean?
Shoegazey means having elements of the shoegaze style.
What part of speech is shoegazey?
Shoegazey is an adjective.

Words near shoegazey in the dictionary

  1. shoegaze
  2. shoegazed
  3. shoegazer
  4. shoegazers
  5. shoegazes
  6. shoegazey
  7. shoegazing
  8. shoegazy
  9. shoegear
  10. shoehorn
  11. shoehorned

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