Lindy

See also: lindy

English

Etymology

Diminutives with -y.

Proper noun

Lindy

  1. A diminutive of the female given names Linda, Lindsay, or Linnet.
    • 2004, Anne Tyler, The Amateur Marriage, →ISBN, page 105:
      Lindy herself hated the name Lindy. She said it sounded like a girl in pink gingham. At the beginning of this school year she'd started making all the teachers address her by her full name, Linnet.
  2. A unisex given name.
  3. (colloquial) Nickname of US aviator Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974).
    • 1938 October, “Poor Boy Still Makes Good”, in Popular Mechanics, page 149:
      It seems a fair enough deduction, since it is known that Corrigan was working at the Ryan Airplane factory while Lindy's plane, "Spirit of St. Louis," was being built there and he was one of those who helped put together that famous craft.

Noun

Lindy (plural Lindys)

  1. A certain dance step.
  2. A musical composition suitable for such a dance.
    • 2002, Herman Wouk, War and Remembrance, page 234:
      "These damned Lindys!" bubbled Janice. "Don't they play anything for old married folks?"
  3. Ellipsis of Lindy Hop
    • 1943 August 23, LIFE‎[1]:
      The Lindy Hop picked up where the Charleston left off, with the first swing-outs, breakaways and "shine steps" added to a basic off-beat two-step. In its early days the Lindy flourished only in lower strata of society.

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