Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal)Encompassing an excessively broad range of features or elements, often leading to diminished efficiency or reduced practical utility.

  2. Of or pertaining to kitchen sink realism; depicting social realities in an unstylized and direct manner.

Origin

From kitchen sink + -y. Sense 1 alludes to the phrase everything but the kitchen sink, sen

From kitchen sink + -y. Sense 1 alludes to the phrase everything but the kitchen sink, sense 2 to the phrase kitchen sink realism.

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Forms

more kitchen-sinky, most kitchen-sinky

Word family

1 related words

See also

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