randy
See also: Randy
English
Alternative forms
- randie, ranty
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- enPR: răn'di, IPA(key): /ˈɹændi/
- Rhymes: -ændi
Adjective
Synonyms
- (sexually aroused): horny, toey; see also Thesaurus:randy
- coarse, rude
Derived terms
Translations
sexually aroused
Noun
randy (plural randies)
- impudent beggar
- boisterous, coarse, loose woman
- virago
- (video games) random
- (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
- (video games): random, noob, bad kid
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
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