different between yandy vs randy

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Verb

yandy (third-person singular simple present yandies, present participle yandying, simple past and past participle yandied)

1. (Australia) To separate (grain or pieces of mineral) by shaking in a special shallow dish

Noun

yandy (plural yandies)

1. (Australia) The dish used in this process

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?n'di, IPA^(key): /??ændi/
• Rhymes: -ændi

Etymology 1

1690, 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.

Alternative forms

• randie, ranty

Adjective

randy (comparative randier, superlative randiest)

1. Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.
2. (chiefly Scotland) Rude or coarse in manner.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• randiness

Translations

Noun

randy (plural randies)

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

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Etymology 2

Noun

randy (plural randies)

1. (slang, video games) random

See also

• (video games): random, noob

Etymology 3

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Noun

randy (plural randies)

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

See also

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

Anagrams

• -andry, Andry