randy

See also: Randy

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: răn'di, IPA^(key): /ˈɹændi/

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• Rhymes: -ændi

Etymology 1

1690, from Scottish randy (“boisterous, aggressive”), of uncertain origin. Probably from rand (“to storm, rave”, verb), a variant of rant, see rant; or from rand (“edge”, noun), in the sense of "edgy, on edge", from Middle English rand (“edge, brink, margin, border”), from Old English rand (“edge, border, margin, rim”). Related to randan.

Alternative forms

• randie, ranty

Adjective

randy (comparative randier, superlative randiest)

1. Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.

   If you're feeling randy, give me a call and I'll come round and give you some lovin'.

2. (chiefly Scotland) Rude or coarse in manner.

Synonyms

• (sexually aroused): horny, toey; see also Thesaurus:randy
• coarse, rude

Derived terms

• randily
• randiness
• randy mandies

 

Translations

sexually aroused — see aroused,‎ horny

rude or coarse

• Dutch: grof (nl), rauw (nl)
• German: grob (de), gemein (de)
• Icelandic: grófur m, ruddalegur (is) m, dónalegur (is) m, illa siðaður m
• Swedish: grov (sv), bufflig (sv)

Noun

randy (plural randies)

1. impudent beggar
2. boisterous, coarse, loose woman
3. virago

Translations

impudent beggar

• Dutch: geus (nl)

virago

• Dutch: manwijf (nl) n, virago (nl)

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Etymology 2

Clipping of random +‎ -y.

Noun

randy (plural randies)

1. (slang, video games) random

See also

• (video games): random, noob

Etymology 3

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Noun

randy (plural randies)

1. (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

Anagrams

• -andry, Andry