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dan·dy

(dăn′dē)

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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dandy

(ˈdændɪ)

n, pl -dies

1. (Clothing & Fashion) a man greatly concerned with smartness of dress; beau

2. (Nautical Terms) a yawl or ketch

adj, -dier or -diest

informal very good or fine

[C18: perhaps short for jack-a-dandy]

ˈdandily adv

ˈdandyish adj

ˈdandyism n

dandy

(ˈdændɪ)

(Pathology) another name for dengue

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dan•dy

(ˈdæn di)

n., pl. -dies, n.

1. a man excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; fop.

2. something or someone of exceptional quality.

adj.

3. characteristic of a dandy; foppish.

4. fine; excellent; first-rate.

[1770–80; orig. uncertain]

dan′di•ly, adv.

dan′dy•ish, adj.

dan′dy•ism, n.

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Noun	1.	dandy - a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, clotheshorse, dude, swell coxcomb, cockscomb - a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments macaroni - a British dandy in the 18th century who affected Continental mannerisms; "Yankee Doodle stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni" adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"
	2.	dandy - a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost yawl sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts
Adj.	1.	dandy - very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing" bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, smashing, swell, groovy, keen, great, neat colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"

dandy

noun

1. fop, beau, swell (informal), blood (rare), buck (archaic), blade (archaic), peacock, dude (U.S. & Canad. informal), toff (Brit. slang), macaroni (obsolete), man about town, fop, popinjay, coxcomb a handsome young dandy

adjective

1. (Informal) excellent, great, fine, capital, splendid, first-rate Everything's fine and dandy.

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dandy

adjective

1. Informal. Exceptionally good of its kind:

ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop, top.

Informal: A-one, bully, great, swell, topflight, topnotch.

Slang: boss.

Chiefly British: tophole.

2. Informal. Particularly excellent:

divine, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, marvelous, sensational, splendid, superb, terrific, wonderful.

Informal: dreamy, great, ripping, super, swell, tremendous.

Slang: cool, groovy, hot, keen, neat, nifty.

Idiom: out of this world.

Translations

Hecht

dandi

erinomainenkeikarikeikarimainenmainiomesaani

dandy muguet

छैलछैलाबाँकारंगीला

damerino bellimbusto

dandy

[ˈdændɪ]

A. N (pej) (= man) → dandi m, petimetre m

B. ADJ (esp US) → excelente, chachi (Sp) , macanudo (LAm)
fine and dandy → perfecto

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dandy

[ˈdændi]

n → dandy m, élégant m

adj (US) (= fine) to be dandy → aller bien
One minute everything is dandy, the next it all goes wrong → Un instant tout va bien, l'instant suivant rien ne va plus.
That'll be just dandy
BUT C'est parfait.
this was all fine and dandy but ... → c'était peut-être parfait mais ...

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dandy

n → Dandy m, → Stutzer m (dated), → Geck m (dated)

adj (dated esp US inf) → prima (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dandy

[ˈdændɪ]

1. n → dandy m inv, elegantone m

2. adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Am) (fam) → fantastico/a

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As this dandy of Melanesia leaped into the sunshine, the Snider rifle in his hands came into position, aimed from his hip, the generous muzzle bearing directly on Van Horn.

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No town-bred dandy will compare with a country-bred one -- I mean a downright bumpkin dandy --a fellow that, in the dog-days, will mow his two acres in buckskin gloves for fear of tanning his hands.

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A lady passed by, and a trim dandy lounged across the walk in such an apparently carefully timed way as to bring himself exactly in front of her when she got to him; he made no offer to step out of the way; he did not apologize; he did not even notice her.

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Above this floor was a large atelier, which had been increased in size by pulling down the partitions -- a pandemonium, in which the artist and the dandy strove for preeminence.

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On the first floor was Madame's bed-chamber, a large room papered in a flowered design and containing the portrait of Monsieur dressed in the costume of a dandy. It communicated with a smaller room, in which there were two little cribs, without any mattresses.

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What definite idea can a body attach to such expressions as "methodical Jack o' Dandy," or "a systematical Will o' the Wisp"?

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This sweet creature is Steve the Dandy. Look at his gloves and top-knot, if you please.

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Raskolnikov felt furious; he had a sudden longing to insult this fat dandy in some way.

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"Dat bloke was a dandy," said Pete, in conclusion, "but he hadn' oughta made no trouble.

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And that spring is a dandy. You never tasted water like it.

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Kory-Kory, previous to mounting the elevation, paused for a moment, like a dandy at a ball-room door, to put a hasty finish to his toilet.

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The driver was a young man of three-or four-and-twenty, with a cigar between his teeth; wearing a dandy cap, drab jacket, breeches of the same hue, white neckcloth, stick-up collar, and brown driving-gloves--in short, he was the handsome, horsey young buck who had visited Joan a week or two before to get her answer about Tess.

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