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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

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

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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