rakish

rak·ish ¹  (rksh)

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.

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[Probably from rake (from the raking masts of pirate ships).]

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rak·ish ²  (rksh)

adj.

Of the character of a rake; dissolute.

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rakish¹

adj

dissolute; profligate

[from rake² + -ish]

rakishly  adv

rakishness  n

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rakish²

adj

1. dashing; jaunty a hat set at a rakish angle

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical (of a ship or boat) having lines suggestive of speed

[probably from rake³ (sense 1), with reference to the sloping masts of pirate ships]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	rakish - marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat" jaunty, natty, raffish, dapper, spiffy, spruce, dashing, snappy fashionable, stylish - being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"
	2.	rakish - marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness; "a cocktail party given by some...raffish bachelors"- Crary Moore devil-may-care, raffish unconventional - not conventional or conformist; "unconventional life styles"

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rakish¹

adjective dashing, smart, sporty, flashy, breezy, jaunty, dapper, natty (informal), debonair, snazzy (informal), raffish, devil-may-care rakish young gentlemen

Translations

rakish [ˈreɪkɪʃ] ADJ

1. (= dissolute) [person] → libertino, disoluto

2. at a rakish angle → echado de lado

rakish [ˈreɪkɪʃ] adj [smile, appearance] → canaille
to wear one's hat at a rakish angle → porter son chapeau incliné pour se donner un air canaille

rakish¹

adj person, appearance → flott, verwegen; life → verwegen, flott, ausschweifend; to wear one’s hat at a rakish angle → den Hut verwegen aufgesetzt haben

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rakish²

adj (Naut) → schnittig

rakish [ˈreɪkɪʃ] adj

a. (person) → libertino/a, dissoluto/a

b. at a rakish angle (hat) → sulle ventitré