Dandy

Word DANDY
Character 5
Hyphenation dan dy
Pronunciations /ˈdændi/

Definitions and meanings of "Dandy"

What do we mean by dandy?

A man who affects extreme elegance in clothes and manners; a fop. noun

Something very good or agreeable. noun

Suggestive of or attired like a dandy; foppish. adjective

Fine; good. adjective

Same as dandy-roller. noun

See dengue. noun

A roller placed on a machine in advance of another, to perform a preliminary operation. noun

See dandy-roller. noun

An open-work basket or vessel, used cither to carry fuel, or to confine fuel in a larger grate, or to hold pig-iron in a furnace-hearth for preliminary heating. noun

A small glass: as, a dandy of punch. noun

A man who attracts attention by the unusual finery of his dress and a corresponding fastidiousness or display of manner; a man of excessive neatness and primness in his attire and action; an exquisite; a fop. noun

Something very neat or dainty. — noun

An accessory and diminutive appendix or attachment to a machine. noun

In tin-plate manuf., a running-out fire for melting pig-iron, the stack being built upon an open framework of iron, so that the melter has access to his fire from all sides. noun

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a dandy or fop; foppish: as, dandy manners.

Neat; dainty; trim; gay.

Nautical, a vessel rigged as a sloop, and having also a jigger-mast. noun

A boatman of the Ganges. Also spelled dandie and dandee. noun

A conveyance used in India, consisting of a strong cloth slung like a hammock to a bamboo staff, and carried by two or more men. The traveler can either sit sidewise or lie on his back. noun

A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.

A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.

A dandy roller.

Someone stylish and fashionable. Urban Dictionary

1. A man who takes great care with his clothing and general appearance, especially one who is nonchalant in demeanor and (historically) tries to develop aristocratic hobbies, language, and honorable ideals. (See also fop) 2. A flamboyant or effeminate male, regardless of sexual orientation. (See also metrosexual and flamer) 3. Outstanding in its particular class; splendid. (Often used sarcastically) 4. A charming androgynous person of either gender. (See also gender bender) Urban Dictionary

When something is fine. It can't get any better. Urban Dictionary

Used widely in late 20th Century England. Refers to men who consider themselves to be arbiters of culture and refinement and wit. Often considered effeminate and/or overtly flaming. Most likely sexually aroused by other men, but not always. Similar to today's metrosexual. For example, most of Oscar Wilde's plays contain dandies, and Oscar Wilde himself is perhaps the most famous example of a dandy. Urban Dictionary

From the word dandifurous, coming from the latin root dandiforri... a man, who takes care of his looks, in an old english sense of way...and is not considered metro sexual Urban Dictionary

A word used to convey happines. Usually used by either old people or rebels who feel words such as good or awesome are overused. Urban Dictionary

A flambouyant male Urban Dictionary

Cool, good, awesome often used in sarcasm, but also used as a catch phrase for some Urban Dictionary

An extremely ugly person. feared of by all. Has weird fingers too. Urban Dictionary

David when he is eating ducks Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dandy

The word "dandy" in example sentences

Say, that's a dandy pin you've got on, simply _dandy_! ❋ Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1896)

What amuses me most is that the ultra-conservatives who yell and scream about casino gambling being a sin, etc., think it's freekin dandy when Wall Street invents transactions to do the same thing and purposefully makes them so complicated that it's hard to discern that it's just plain old gambling at its core. ❋ Unknown (2010)

So your dandy is promoting a 60s era NIMBY mindset that is likely just headed towards making the socially disadvantaged even more entrenched in their poverty, and more desperate in their behaviours. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It was Susan Sontag, who said that being a dandy was a way of being an individual in an age of mass culture. ❋ Maxine (2009)

In a manner, the dandy was the male counterpart of the professional beauty: he had no other occupation than to devote himself to being clever, witty, well-dressed and amusing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Dandy In a manner, the dandy was the male counterpart ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

"What! Have you quite forgotten the titled dandy for whom you were near breaking your heart three years ago? ❋ Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth (1859)

And smart, good-natured, well-spoken, and elegant enough to be called a dandy. ❋ James Burke (2007)

"See how yon justice rails upon yon simple thief," he tells Gloucester; "Hark in thine ear: change places, and handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief?" ❋ Greenblatt, Stephen (2007)

Yes, well, we're looking at a live picture of it now, and it seems to be fine and dandy, which is good, because you're getting married there today. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Change places, and handy dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief? ❋ Unknown (2004)

Hark, in thine ear: change places; and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief? ❋ Unknown (2004)

By reef and shore I have come literally into contact with so many quaint specimens, and they have so often afforded exhilarating diversion and sent brand-new startling sensations scurrying along such curious and complicated byways, that courtesy bids me tender a portrait of one of the family which (in appearance only) may be described as a dandy, and to tell of two or three others whose intimacy is invariably enlivening. ❋ Unknown (2003)

For a second Loup had thought the figure in cavalry uniform was an especially effeminate young man, one of the dandified Parisians who spent more money on their tailor than on their horse and weapons, but then he realized that the dandy was a woman and that the cascading black plume was her hair and not a helmet's embellishment. ❋ Cornwell, Bernard (1995)

example : "oh wow, [seungmin] from [stray kids] is [a dandy] boy!" ❋ Staydontstray (2019)

A proper dandy dresses with dignity, unlike [fops] who are foolish and vain. Ted: "Gosh, that guy is such a dandy." Sue: "Well, [flamboyance] works for him." Kate: "Are you okay? I know I keep asking..." Rob: "Yeah, I'm just dandy." Jane: "Wow, look at that dandy over there!" [Sal]: "Do you think it's a boy, or a girl?" Jane: "Does it really matter? I thought you were bi." ❋ ThatMagpie (2010)

"[How are you] doing [Elz]?" "Why dude, I am just dandy [thanks]." ❋ Eleanor Kicks Ass (2004)

[Oscar]: "There is only one thing in the world worse than being [talked] about, and that is not being talked about." [Mary Jane]: "Oh, Oscar, you're SUCH a dandy!" ❋ Manú P. (2005)

"[My my], is that [Popeye] [Cates] looking so dandy in his cufflinks?" ❋ Enspration5 (2004)

'It was dandy yesterday when [Raj] and I [skipped] through the flowers.' 'I [am NOT] dandy right now.' ❋ Mark (2004)

❋ Sloo[er (2003)

"that is a [freakin] dandy [curious] cat!" [danielle] said ❋ Missdandydanielle (2010)

"[woah man], that [boy] is dandy!" "u [said it] man!" ❋ Will7 (2006)

Apple juice: Hey want to get some ducks [Dandelion]: [nonno] remember how David gets David: excuse me Apple juice: oh right he gets [dandis] ❋ Ryan_schenk (2019)

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