Definitions of chancy [ˈtʃæn si, ˈtʃɑn-]

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Definition of 'chancy'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) chancy
hazardous or risky; uncertain.

2. chancy
subject to chance; random; haphazard.

3. chancy
Scot. lucky.

Etymology: (1505–15)

Definition of 'chancy'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) chancy, chanceful, dicey, dodgy
of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk
"an extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen, tar, and smog"- New Yorker

2. (adj) chancy, fluky, flukey, iffy
subject to accident or chance or change
"a chancy appeal at best"; "getting that job was definitely fluky"; "a fluky wind"; "an iffy proposition"

Translation of 'chancy'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: risky or uncertain a chancy arrangement.
Afrikaans: onseker, gewaag	Arabic: فيهِ مُجازَفَه، غَيْر مَض	Bulgarian: несигурен
Brazilian: arriscado	Czech: riskantní	German: riskant
Danish: risikabelt; usikkert	Greek: παρακινδυνευμένος	Spanish: arriesgado
Estonian: ebakindel	Farsi: مخاطره آمیز؛ نامعلوم	Finnish: epävarma
French: risqué	Hebrew: מְסוּכַּן	Hindi: अनिश्चित, खतरनाक
Croatian: riskantan, neizvjestan	Hungarian: kockázatos	Indonesian: tidak pasti
Icelandic: óviss, tvísÿnn	Italian: incerto, rischioso	Japanese: 先行きの不明な
Korean: 불확실한	Lithuanian: rizikingas	Latvian: riskants; nenoteikts
Malay: berisiko	Dutch: riskant	Norwegian: sjansepreget, risikabelt
Polish: niepewny	Persian: مخاطره آمیز؛ نامعلوم	Pashto: نامعلوم، مبهم، مشكوك ناپا
Portuguese: arriscado	Romanian: riscant	Russian: рискованный
Slovak: riskantný	Slovenian: negotov	Serbian: rizičan
Swedish: osäker, riskabel	Thai: ซึ่งมีความเสียง	Turkish: riskli, sonuşüpheli
Taiwanese: 危險的，不可靠的	Ukrainian: ризикований, непевний	Urdu: پُر خطر ، خدشات سے بھر پو
Vietnamese: bấp bênh	Chinese: 危险的，不确实的
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