randy

English Online Dictionary. What means randy‎? What does randy mean?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: răn'di, IPA^(key): /ˈɹændi/
• Rhymes: -ændi

Etymology 1

First use appears c. 1665 in a letter by the Earl of Argyll. 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.

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

randy (plural randies)

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

Translations

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) A random.

See also

• (video games): random, noob

Etymology 3

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Noun

randy (plural randies)

1. (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) A 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