'Dandy' definitions:
Definition of 'dandy'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing]
noun
A man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance [syn: dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse]
noun
A sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost [syn: yawl, dandy]
Definition of 'Dandy'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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
Synonyms of 'dandy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ace,
- ace-high,
- arbiter of fashion,
- bad,
- bang-up,
- beau,
- Beau Brummel,
- 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,
- OK,
- 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