randy
1 Americanadjective
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randier,
comparative
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randiest
superlative
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sexually aroused; lustful; lecherous.
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Chiefly Scot. rude and aggressive.
noun
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randies
plural
adjective
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informal
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sexually excited or aroused
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sexually eager or lustful
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lacking any sense of propriety or restraint; reckless
noun
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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
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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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