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
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
Judi Dench, Alicia Vikander and Christoph Waltz can’t salvage this film featuring a badass abbess and a randy fishmonger shrieking about tulip futures.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2017
I dighted ay her een sae blue, wiped, eyes And bann'd the cruel randy; cursed, scoundrel And weel I wat her willing mou' wot, mouth Was e'en like sugar-candy.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
Randy, secretly taking a GLP-1 himself, insists to his wife Sharon that his newly diminished appetite is simply evidence of superior habits.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
When Kenny’s father asks what everyone is doing outside his home, Randy is wonderfully concise: “We’re gentrifying. It’s all good.”
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Randy Delos Santos, who lost his teenage nephew in 2017, told AFP he was happy to see Duterte in court, adding: "We hope that his being physically fit will help speed up the hearings."
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
“They left landlords to drown,” Randy Mastro, the lawyer who brought the lawsuit, said in court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Randy walked alongside his father, who had swung himself into the line in spite of his crutches.
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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