adj. 1. Nautical Having a trim, streamlined appearance: "We were schooner-rigged and rakish, with a long and lissome hull" (John Masefield). 2. Dashingly or sportingly stylish; jaunty. [Probably from RAKE3 (from the raking masts of pirate ships).] |
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adj. Of the character of a rake; dissolute. |
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