roguey: meaning & examples

Meanings:

• 1.

  United StatesUnited KingdomAustraliaCanadainformalcolloquialnonstandard
  • Informal adjective meaning playfully mischievous or charmingly roguish; behaving like a rogue in an engaging way.

  Examples

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  • Liam gave a roguey grin after pulling the harmless prank on his sister.

    Liam mostró una sonrisa traviesa después de hacerle una broma inofensiva a su hermana.

  • She had a roguey sparkle in her eye that made everyone smile.

    Ella tenía un brillo pícaro en sus ojos que hacía sonreír a todos.

  • The puppy's roguey antics kept the children entertained all afternoon.

    Las travesuras juguetonas del cachorro mantuvieron a los niños entretenidos toda la tarde.

  • You could tell he was feeling roguey when he started telling cheeky jokes at the meeting.

    Se notaba que estaba de humor travieso cuando comenzó a contar chistes descarados en la reunión.

• 2.

  United StatesUnited Kingdominformaltechnicalcolloquial
  • Informal adjective describing something that is erratic, unpredictable, or malfunctioning, derived from the sense of 'rogue' as errant or out of control.

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  • The software has been acting roguey lately, crashing without warning.

    El software ha estado funcionando de manera errática últimamente, cerrándose sin advertencia.

  • If the drone flies roguey in the wind, it might crash into a tree.

    Si el dron vuela de forma errática con el viento, podría estrellarse contra un árbol.

  • Sometimes the heating system goes roguey during winter, leaving us freezing for hours.

    A veces el sistema de calefacción se vuelve impredecible en invierno, dejándonos con frío durante horas.