Randy

//ˈɹændi// adj, name, noun, slang

adj, name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An impudent beggar. obsolete
  2. 2
    A random. obsolete, slang
  3. 3
    A Two-and-a-half-twist acrobatic maneuver. obsolete
  4. 4
    A boisterous, coarse, loose woman. obsolete
  5. 5
    A virago. obsolete
Adjective
  1. 1
    Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust. British, informal

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

  2. 2
    Rude or coarse in manner. Scotland
Adjective
  1. 1
    feeling great sexual desire wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given names Randall or Randolph, used as a male given name in the US.

    "“I like to put it simply,” says Randy “R Dub!” Williams, a late-night “slow jams” DJ from San Diego who’s also known as “the Sultan of Slowjamastan.” “I ran out of countries, so I created my own.”"

  2. 2
    A diminutive of the female given name Miranda.

    "My stepmother, Miranda, known appropriately as Randy, sniffed a couple of times."

Synonyms

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hornyablazeamorousanimalaphrodisiomaniacalaroused

Example

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"Randy likes the new fantasy and sci-fi books in Tagalog."

Etymology

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.

Etymology 2

Clipping of random + -y.

Related phrases

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