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Randy

Definition: Randy

Randy

Adjective

1. Feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Randy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a shield's rim", "a wolf".

Date "randy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1886. (references)



Specialty Definitions: Randy

DomainDefinitions

Slang in 1811

RANDY. Obstreperous, unruly, rampant. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Randy

Synonyms: aroused (adj), horny (adj), ruttish (adj), turned on(p) (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Randy

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Amusement

Festivity, merrymaking; party; (social gathering); blowout, hullabaloo, hoedown, bat, bum, bust, clambake, donation party, fish fry, jamboree, kantikoy, nautch, randy, squantum, tear, Turnerfest, yule log; fete, festival, gala, ridotto; revels, revelry, reveling; carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks; feast, banquet; (food); regale, symposium, wassail; carouse, carousal; jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre, regatta, field day; treat.

Sexuality

Hot, horny, randy, rutting; passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous; up, in the mood.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: Randy

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Randy lay there like a slug... (A Christmas Story; writing credit: Leigh Brown, Bob Clark, and Jean Shepherd.)

Oh my God, Randy this is so awkward you walking on me and Zac like this. (Saturday Night Live; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen)

Oh come on Randy, with all due respect, the killer obvious patterned himself after two serial killers who were immortalized on film. (Scream 2; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)

You know what Randy, you're totally right and you know what I'm gonna do for ya? (Trailer Park Boys; writing credit: Mike Clattenburg; Barrie Dunn)

Movie/TV Titles

Randy Brooks and Orchestra (1945)

Giant Steps: The Randy J. Bertish Story (1999)

Randy Financial Advisor (1998)

The Killing of Randy Webster (1981)

Song Titles

Denise (performing artist: Randy and the Rainbows)

SHORT PEOPLE (performing artist: Randy Newman )

Forever & Ever Amen (performing artist: Randy Travis)

On The Other Hand (performing artist: Randy Travis)

Just When I Needed You Most (performing artist: Randy Van Warmer)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Randy

DomainTitle

Books

  • Every Knee Shall Bow: The Truth and Tragedy of Ruby Ridge and the Randy Weaver Family (reference)

  • He Stands Alone (Eickhoff, Randy Lee. Ulster Cycle, Bk. 5.) (reference)

  • Ozzy Osbourne - Randy Rhoads Tribute: Guitar - Vocal (reference)

  • Randy Johnson: Arizona Heat! (Superstar Series. Baseball, 3) (reference)

  • Randy Newman / Bad Love (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • A Conversation with David Halberstam, Interviewed by Randy Fertel at the 14th Annual Tennesse Williams New Orleans Literary Festival (reference)

  • Randy Travis Live - It Was Just a Matter of Time (reference)

  • Randy Newman - Live at the Odeon (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Randy

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

You aren't tough enough for AIDS p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Randy Anderson, Studio 3..

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Randy

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Cuba

On August 14, prison authorities informed Yesenia Rodriguez Aguilar, the wife of Randy Cabrera Mayor, that she could not visit him because "he is a counterrevolutionary." Cabrera is serving a 16-year prison term for attempting to leave the country illegally and for having fled prison a number of times; Cabrera's previous imprisonment was due to his refusal to serve in the army. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Randy

"Randy" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 58.28% of the time. "Randy" is used about 163 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)58.28%9533,629
Adjective (general or positive)39.26%6442,009
Noun (singular)2.45%4175,879
                    Total100.00%163N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Randy

The following table summarizes the usage of "randy" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
RandyFirst name Female3,0001,695
RandyFirst name Male232,00078
RandyLast name20039,497
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Randy

"Randy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a shield's rim", "a wolf".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "Randy."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
RandalMaleEnglishRandall
RandallMaleEnglishRandolf
RandellMaleEnglishRandall
RandiFemaleEnglishRandy
RandolfMaleEnglishN/A
RandyMale, FemaleEnglishRandall
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Randy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

randy travis

1,202

randy johnson

363

randy orton

358

rhoads randy

317

randy harrison

301

randy

218

randy moss

209

randy newman

202

randy travis lyrics

191

randy jackson

167
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Randy

Language Translations for "randy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

Lypës (beggar, bum, Cadger, lack-all, mendicant, moocher, mumper), I Eksituar (white hot), Grua Grinjare, Eksitues, Brutal (bestial, boorish, brutal, brutish, rank, rusty, slangy, truculent, unfinished, unhandsome, unrefined). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏لديها رغبة عارمة للجنس, ‏صاخب (boisterous, discordant, furious, gusty, loud, loudmouthed, obstreperous, rackety, rattling, raucous, riotous, rip roaring, roistering, saturnine, shrill, staring, tempestuous, termagant, tumultuous, uproarious, vociferous), ‏شهواني (amorous, carnal, erotic, instinctive, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, lickerish, lush, lustful, luxurious, passionate, salacious, satyr, sensual, sensualist, sportive, sultry, voluptuary, voluptuous, wanton, warm). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

Просташки, Похотлив, Непорядъчна Жена, Буен, Шумен, Свадлива Жена (Xanthippe). (various references)

   

Czech

  

Vzrušený (agitated, excited, heated), Smyslný (carnal, earthly, sensual, sensuous, sultry, voluptuous, wanton), Chlípný (lecherous, prurient, rammish, ruttish, salacious). (various references)

   

French

  

Qui Est Tout Excité, Libidineux, Excité, Bruyant (rackety, rattling). (various references)

   

German

  

Geil (brilliant, fat, fatty, fertile, greasy, horny, lecherous, lustful, lustily, luxurious, prurient, rank, raunchy, rich, wicked). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

Lármázó (boisterous, roister-doister, roistering, rowdy, vociferous), kanos (rooty), kéjvágyó (lascivious, lecherous, lustful, prurient), erőszakos (boisterous, bounder, browbeating, bullying, hairy-assed, obtrusive, overbearing, self-assertive, shrill, violent), begerjedt (hot). (various references)

   

Italian

  

Lascivo (lascivious, lecherous, lewd, lustful, lustily, prurient, voluptuous, wanton). (various references)

   

Manx

  

reagh (amorous, blithe, frisky, frolicsome, lecherous, mirthful, playful, sportive), kiaullaneagh (bell-like, blatant, clamorous, hectoring, loud, loud-mouthed, orchestral, robustious, roistering, squealing, stormy, strident; roisterer, vociferous). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

andyray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

Robusto (able bodied, cant, Hale, hefty, lusty, masculinity, nervy, robust, rugged, stalwart, stout, strapping, strong, sturdy, substantial, tough, vigorous, wakeless, wholesome), Turbulento (bacchic, disorderly, fractious, high, inordinate, knockabout, noisy, obstruct, rackety, rampageous, riotous, rowdy, rumbustious, stormy, tempestuous, termagant, turbulent, unquiet), Mulher Turbulenta (vixen), Megera (Beldam, shrew, shrewish, termagant, vixen, Xanthippe), Excitado (ablaze, astir, heartwarming, het up, horny, hot, jumpy, nervous, passionate, vibrant, warm), Barulhento (altisonant, blustering, bustling, clamant, clamorous, fussy, howling, judas-colored, judas-coloured, knockabout, loud, noisy, obstreperous, rackety, rattling, red, riotous, roistering, rowdy, rumbustious, tumultuary, tumultuous, turbulent, uproarious, viatic). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

Zgomotos (bacchanal, blusterous, boisterous, clamant, clamorous, loud, noisily, noisy, obstreperous, rampageous, rattling, resoundingly, riotous, robustious, roisterer, rowdy, rumbustious, tumultuous, uproarious, vociferous, wanton), Vioi (active, alert, animated, breezy, bright, brisk, briskly, cheery, chirpy, crisp, full of beans, gamy, hasty, hoity toity, lightsome, lithe, live, lively, living, mercurial, merry, mettlesome, nimble, nimbly, pleasant, quick-witted, racy, ready, smart, snappy, spirited, sportive, sprightly, spry, vigorous, volatile), Turbulent (boisterous, disorderly, noisy, obstreperous, riotous, turbulent, unschooled), Senzual (amative, carnal, concupiscent, fleshly, fleshy, full-blooded, lecherous, lustful, luxurious, salacious, sensual, sensuous, voluptuous), Scorpie (devil's daughter, fury, hag, scorpion, shrew, termagant, virago, vixen), Lasciv (lascivious, lecherous, lewd, lickerish, liquorish, prurient, salacious, wanton), Gãlãgios (blatant, blustering, brawler, clamant, clamorous, loud, noisy, rampageous, rattling, rioter, riotous, rip roaring, roisterer, rowdy, unruly, vociferous), Femeie Rea (virago), Excitat (excited, horny, nervy). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

"рубый, 'едьма, Бродяга (Ranger). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pohotljiv (concupiscent, fleshly, goatish, goaty, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, lustful, lusty, prurient, rammish, salacious, voluptuous), aspida (asp, scorpion, vixen). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Cachondo (fast, horny, hot, lustful, lustily). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

Kåt (horny). (various references)

   

Thai

  

ลามก (dirty, obscene, risque). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

Kuduruk (enraged, rabid, rampageous), Azgın Erkek (goat, stud), Azgın (desperate, excessive, fierce, furious, goatish, mad, rampageous, rampant, skittish, wild), Þehvetli, Arsız (bare faced, barefaced, bold, bold-faced, brassy, calm, cheeky, daft, flip, flippant, fresh, hard bitten, Hardy, impudent, malapert, perky, pert, sassy, shameless, unabashed, unblushing, vigorous), Ýnatçı (Froward). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

Надокучливий Жебрак, "рубий, Бродяга, Сварлива Жінка, Сварливий. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

hay l m "n o, hay la lối om sòm hung hăng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Randy

Derivations

Words ending with "randy": brandy. (additional references)

Words containing "randy": brandying. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Randy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Radday, Rahdy, Ranby, Randa, Rando, Raniya, Rinty, Rondi, rundy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Randy"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "randy" (pronounced ra"ndē)
5r a" n d ēbrandy.
4-a" n d ēbandy, candy, Dandy, handy, Sandy, shandy.
3-n d ēattendee, Burgundy, glissandi, Lindy, trendy, windy.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Randy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-n-r-y"

-1 letter: darn, dray, nard, nary, rand, rynd, yard, yarn.

-2 letters: and, any, day, dry, nay, rad, ran, ray, rya, yar.

-3 letters: ad, an, ar, ay, na, ya.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-n-r-y"
 

+1 letter: brandy, denary, yarned.

 

+2 letters: ardency, deanery, draying, drayman, draymen, dryland, grandly, hydrant, lanyard, laundry, organdy, reynard, tanyard, tardyon, unready, yarding, yardman, yardmen, yearend, yearned.

 

+3 letters: aerodyne, ardently, aroynted, banditry, barnyard, boneyard, boundary, condylar, crayoned, dairying, dairyman, dairymen, daringly, deaconry, decenary, dormancy, dynatron, endarchy, gynandry, hydranth, hydrants, intraday, inwardly, junkyard, lanyards, misandry, monandry, mordancy, nondairy, nonhardy, ordinary, pedantry, pyranoid, quandary, radiancy, rancidly, randomly, readying, repandly, reynards, sardonyx, tanyards, tardyons, underlay, underpay, underway, verdancy, vineyard, wardenry, yardland, yardwand, yearends.

 

+4 letters: adoringly, aerodynes, androgyne, androgyny, anhydride, anhydrite, anhydrous, arytenoid, barnyards, blarneyed, boneyards, brandying, bystander, candygram, chandlery, dairyings, damnatory, dandruffy, darlingly, defraying, diachrony, dignitary, diurnally, dragonfly, dynamiter, dynamotor, dynatrons, endurably, fairyland, grandaddy, grandbaby, husbandry, hydrangea, hydranths, hydrating, hydration, hydrazine, hydrozoan, junkyards, learnedly, legendary, mandatary, mandatory, mordantly, niggardly, parodying, polyandry, radiantly, rancidity, roundelay, secondary, sedentary, underlays, underpays, underplay, unsprayed, verdantly, vineyards, yardlands, yardwands, zemindary.

 

+5 letters: adherently, admiringly, admonitory, advertency, amendatory, androgynes, anhydrides, anhydrites, arytenoids, bradykinin, bystanders, candygrams, cardinally, chardonnay, commandery, cybernated, debonairly, degeneracy, dictionary, disharmony, dispensary, divinatory, downwardly, draggingly, drawlingly, dynamiters, dynamotors, fairylands, gendarmery, granddaddy, gynandries, gynandrous, hydrangeas, hydrations, hydrazines, hydromancy, hydrophane, hydroplane, hydrozoans, incendiary, indicatory, inundatory, ladyfinger, laundryman, laundrymen, ordinarily, pardonably, playground, prebendary, pyramiding, pyranoside, reanalyzed, redundancy, roundelays, sandpapery, sardonyxes, standardly, syndicator, tyrannised, tyrannized, underplays, undulatory, untowardly.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Randy


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 61 6E 64 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .-    -.    -..    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100001 01101110 01100100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#97 &#110 &#100 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0061 006E 0064 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5267807091

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Names: Derived from
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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