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Meaning of doozy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
/ˈduːzi/

Definitions

Something that is extraordinary: often troublesome, difficult or problematic, but sometimes extraordinary in a positive sense.

US, colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“Most of the test was easy, but the last question was a doozy.”
“Like the em unit, the rem unit is based on declared font size. The difference — and it’s a doozy — is that whereas em is calculated using the font size of the element to which it’s applied, rem is always calculated using the root element.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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