Meaning

3 senses
  1. (UK, informal)A glossy magazine.

    The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets.

    a magazine printed on good quality paper

  2. (informal)A glossy photograph.

    a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper

  3. (informal)A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles.

Examples

10 sentences
  1. Acrylic dries to a glossy finish.

  2. The coffee table was glossy black.

  3. The crow's feathers were glossy black.

  4. He covered the cake with a glossy chocolate glaze.

  5. His shoes were polished to a glossy black shine.

Forms

plural: glossies
Singularglossy
Pluralglossies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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