Dandy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dandy \Dan"dy\ (d[a^]n"d[y^]), n.; pl. {Dandies}
     (d[a^]n"d[i^]z). [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow,
     dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E.
     dandle. Senses 2 & 3 are of uncertain etymology.]
     1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to
        dress; a fop; a coxcomb.


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     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}.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A dandy roller. See below.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {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. Dandy-cock

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dandy
       adj : very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a
             great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
             [syn: {bang-up}, {bully}, {corking}, {cracking}, {great},
              {groovy}, {keen}, {neat}, {nifty}, {not bad(p)}, {peachy},
              {slap-up}, {swell}, {smashing}]
       n : a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
           [syn: {dude}, {fop}, {gallant}, {sheik}, {beau}, {swell},
            {fashion plate}, {clotheshorse}]
       [also: {dandiest}, {dandier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  124 Moby Thesaurus words for "dandy":
     Beau Brummel, OK, ace, ace-high, arbiter of fashion, bad, bang-up,
     beau, beaut, blade, blood, bonzer, boss, boulevardier, buck, bully,
     but good, capital, clotheshorse, clubman, clubwoman, conceited,
     cool, corker, corking, coxcomb, coxcombical, crackerjack, daisy,
     dandified, darb, deb, debutante, delicious, dilly, dream, ducky,
     dude, exquisite, fab, famous, fashion plate, fashionable, fine,
     fine and dandy, fine gentleman, first-class, first-rate,
     first-string, fop, foppish, fribble, gallant, gear, glorious,
     grand, great, groovy, heavy, honey, hot, humdinger, hunky-dory,
     jack-a-dandy, jackanapes, jam-up, just dandy, keen, killer-diller,
     knockout, lady-killer, lollapaloosa, lounge lizard, lulu, macaroni,
     man-about-town, marvy, masher, mean, mondain, mondaine, neat,
     nifty, nobby, okay, out of sight, peach, peachy, peachy-keen, pip,
     pippin, popinjay, prime, puppy, rake, ripping, rum, scrumptious,
     slap-up, smashing, socialite, solid, something else, spark,
     spectacular, spiffing, spiffy, splendid, sport, stunning, subdeb,
     subdebutante, superior, sweetheart, swell, swinger, taste-maker,
     terrific, the nuts, tone-setter, tough, trend-setter, whiz,
     wizard