metallic

Definition

  • adjective: resembling metal
  • adjective: of, relating to, or being a 'metal'
  • synonyms: antacid, basic, brassy

Examples

  • We chose a paint with a 'metallic' luster.

  • the 'metallic' screech of the car's brakes

  • The medicine has a 'metallic' taste.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) You like Hemingway? Yeah, I'm starting to. May l? "As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea... and their faint metallic taste... as I drank their cold liquid from each shell... and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine... I lost the empty feeling... (..)
    1998 City of Angels