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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 ...

dandy

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

adj (dated esp US inf) → prima (inf)

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dandy

[ˈdændɪ]

1. n → dandy m inv, elegantone m

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

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"Look here, my dear prince, no one jumps out of the window if they can help it; but when there's a fire, the dandiest gentleman or the finest lady in the world will skip out!

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I've tried to come up with something better: "Dandiest Deer Dropper." "Wonderfulest Whitetail Whomper," "Marvelous Mulie Musket"--but as you can see, my efforts have been embarrassing.

THE PERFECT DEER RIFLE: IS THE PAYOFF IN THE SEARCH ITSELF?

One of them did one of the dandiest things: He took the old man's hat and wore it to conceal his face while leaving the scene of crime, giving away a crucial lead.

Chebukati can't see he is not trusted to serve vested interests

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