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Used in snowboarding and skiiing to describe an unsafe/unpredictable/hazzardous park, urban or backcountry feature.

Also used in both sports to describe a peice of terrain/snow pack that is considered unpredictable and likely to avalanche.
" the transition on that kicker was super sketchy but buddy managed to stomp the landing anyway."

"We made a couple of turns but the snow was really sketchy and could easily have avalanched...so we got the hell outta there."
sketchy by shrdnleprachaun November 12, 2009
When somebody is really different, outspoken, odd, weird, off-beat..etc.
1. I was talking to Michelle the other day and she started babbling about some random guy that she made-out with in the grocery store...she's really sketchy...

2. Bill is acting really sketchy lately, he won't return my calls.
sketchy by JulieFozz December 6, 2007
dangerous, strange, dodgy, not so much illegal as not "supposed to be done", badass or crazy
Oly and everything about her... EVER!
Sketchy by Oly November 24, 2003
my sister is a sketchy character
sketchy by mr stickz March 23, 2010
yo nigga that kickflip was sketchy as hell
sketchy by johnathan john April 30, 2010
random people who hang out on park avenue or other parts of the upper east side at strange hours of the night.
It's 3:00 am, and we're walkin the street on 86th n park, wow we're being really sketchy
sketchy by whyshould itellu September 18, 2004