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7 dictionary results for: Dandy
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
dan·dy       [dan-dee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -dies, adjective, -di·er, -di·est.
–noun
1.a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
2.Informal. something or someone of exceptional or first-rate quality: Your reply was a dandy.
–adjective
3.characteristic of a dandy; foppish.
4.Informal. fine; excellent; first-rate: a dandy vacation spot.
[Origin: 1770–80; orig. uncert.]

—Related forms
dan·di·ly, dan·dy·ish·ly, dan·di·a·cal·ly       [dan-dahy-uhk-lee] Pronunciation Key, adverb
dan·dy·ish, dan·di·a·cal, adjective
dan·dy·ism, noun
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dan·dy       (dān'dē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. dan·dies
  1. A man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; a fop.
  2. Something very good or agreeable.
  3. Nautical See yawl.

adj.   dan·di·er, dan·di·est
  1. Suggestive of or attired like a dandy; foppish.
  2. Fine; good.


[Perhaps short for jack-a-dandy, fop.]

dan'di·ly adv., dan'dy·ish adj., dan'dy·ish·ly adv., dan'dy·ism n.
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yawl       (yôl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A two-masted fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessel similar to the ketch but having a smaller jigger- or mizzenmast stepped abaft the rudder. Also called dandy.
  2. A ship's small boat, crewed by rowers.


[Dutch jol, possibly from Low German jolle.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dandy  (n.)
c.1780, of uncertain origin, first appeared in a Scottish border ballad:
I've heard my granny crack
O' sixty twa years back
When there were sic a stock of Dandies O
etc. In that region, Dandy is dim. of Andrew. In vogue in London c.1813-19. His fem. counterpart was a dandizette (1821) with Fr.-type ending. The adjective dandy first recorded 1792; very popular c.1880-1900.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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dandy

adjective
1. very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" 

noun
1. a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance 
2. a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost [syn: yawl] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

dandy

see fine and dandy.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Dandy

Dan"dy\, n.; pl. Dandies. [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.]

1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.

3. A dandy roller. See below.

Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush.

Dandy fever. See Dengue.

Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end.

Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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