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dandy | randy |

As an adjective dandy

is like a dandy, foppish.

As a noun dandy

is a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.

As a proper noun randy is

a diminutive of randall and randolph, used as a male given name in the us.

dandy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Like a dandy, foppish.
  • Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
    • That's all fine and dandy , but how much does it cost?
  • Almost first rate.
    • What a dandy little laptop you have.

    Noun

    (dandies)
  • A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
  • (British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
  • A dandy roller.

    • Synonyms

    * (man concerned with appearance) dude, fop, macaroni, masher, metrosexual, popinjay, buck

    Derived terms

    * dandify * dandification * dandyish

    See also

    * * ----

    randy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l), (l)

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.
  • Rude]] or coarse in manner, primarily [[Scotland, Scottish in usage.

    • Derived terms

    * randiness

    Synonyms

    * (sexually aroused) horny, toey; see also * coarse, rude

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • impudent beggar
  • boisterous, coarse, loose woman
  • virago
  • (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) one and a half twist acrobatic maneuver

    • See also

    * (freestyle aerial skiing) rudy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, hurricane

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