Definitions for rakish

rakish rak·ish

Spelling: [rey-kish]
IPA: /ˈreɪ kɪʃ/

Rakish is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 114 anagrams from letters in rakish (ahikrs).

Definitions for rakish

adjective

  1. like a rake; dissolute:
  2. smart; jaunty; dashing:
  3. (of a vessel) having an appearance suggesting speed.

Origin of rakish

First recorded in 1700-10; rake2 + -ish1

Examples for rakish

The prince was rakish and clever and yes, even charming at times.

I do not know what a rakish craft is; but this was very rakish and very crafty.

The Imp was narrow and rakish, with a low cockpit and a high bow and stern.

He bowed, rakish and smiling, with all the airs of a dancing master.

He was leaning back in a morris chair, rakish, debonair, and at his ease.

He is a rakish looking fellow, dressed in smart but cheap clothing.

Sometimes his leather jackets were sporty and rakish, at others they were sculpted into prim, hourglass shapes.

Last of Robin Hood also centers on a young woman who falls for a rakish older movie star.

He was a serious young man, not rakish or loud-voiced like the others.

After which them two old cut-ups wink at each other rakish and slap their knees.

Word Value for rakish
Scrable

13

Words with friends

12

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