randy

• enPR: răn'di, IPA^(key): /ˈɹændi/

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• Rhymes: -ændi

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.

• randie, ranty

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 hot lovin'.

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

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

randy (plural randies) (obsolete)

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

• “randy” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

Clipping of random +‎ -y.

randy (plural randies)

1. (slang, video games) A random.

• (video games): random, noob

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randy (plural randies)

1. (sports, aerial freestyle skiing) A Two-and-a-half-twist acrobatic maneuver.

• (freestyle aerial skiing): rudy, daffy, full, double-full, triple-full, lay, back, hurricane

• -andry, Andry