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randy

1 American  
[ran-dee] / ˈræn di /

adjective

  • randier,
    comparative
  • randiest
    superlative
  1. sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.

  2. Chiefly Scot. rude and aggressive.


noun

  • randies
    plural
  1. Chiefly Scot. a rude or coarse beggar.

Randy 2 American  
[ran-dee] / ˈræn di /

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Randall or Randolph.

  2. a female given name.


randy British  
/ ˈrændɪ /

adjective

  1. informal

    1. sexually excited or aroused

    2. sexually eager or lustful

  2. lacking any sense of propriety or restraint; reckless

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. a rude or reckless person

    2. a coarse rowdy woman

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of randy

1690–1700; rand (obsolete variant of rant ) + -y 1

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Church, who broke out as the oddball mechanic in "Wings," was Oscar-nominated for his role as the randy, engaged friend in "Sideways," and played the villain in "Spider-Man 3," is entirely convincing as Lloyd.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2022

It suggests that senior citizens are inherently scary or something to laugh at — and ones who are randy are scarier, and more laughable, still.

From Washington Post Mar. 16, 2022

And now, Prince Akeem is not a randy young heir but an established family man.

From Washington Times Mar. 4, 2021

The boys bounce a breathtaking 12 feet in the air and embellish their moves with multiple twists and an array of skills with names like kaboom, cody, ball-out, fliffus, rudi and randy.

From New York Times Aug. 7, 2018

To the hill, lads, and we will burn the randy oot, even as I said.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

Randy Mastro, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the city should have used the tax information before sending out the 17,000 notices to homeowners.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Randy, apparently at the egging on by his father, Bill, the football coach at St. Francis, takes the F-16 straight up.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

He isn’t mining Monk’s Africanisms, like Randy Weston, who also spent formative time with Monk.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

“Every now and then,” Cardinals scouting director Randy Flores said, “you just pause and applaud the history of the moment.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Randy, who’d joined Stella by the window, grabbed her elbow.

From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper

Shoo wi' you, impident randies that ye are, shoo!

From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards

Sae loud the tongues o' randies grew,   The flytin' and the skirlin' grew, At all the windows in the place, Wi' spoons or knives, wi' needle or awl, Was thrust out every hand and face.

From Bulchevy's Book of English Verse by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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