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Randy has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

impudent beggar

"The gymnast landed a perfect randy on the uneven bars to complete her routine."

2

random

3

one-and-a-half-twist acrobatic maneuver

"That randy attitude got him in trouble with his boss."

Adjective
1

feeling great sexual desire

"feeling horny"

2

Sexually aroused; full of sexual lust.

"After hearing some suggestive music, he became quite randy and couldn't keep his hands off her."

In plain English: Randy means feeling very sexually excited and eager to have sex.

"The dog seemed very randy after being outside in the warm sun all day."

Proper Noun
1

A diminutive of Randall and Randolph, used as a male given name in the US.

"Randy shook hands with his new neighbor after introducing himself at the block party."

Example Sentences
"The dog seemed very randy after being outside in the warm sun all day." adj
"That randy attitude got him in trouble with his boss." noun
"The randy dog barked excitedly at every passing squirrel in the park." noun
"He called himself a bit of a randy when he forgot to pack his lunch for school." noun
"That old randy used to tell funny jokes around the campfire last summer." noun
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Origin

First use appears c. 1665 in a letter by the Earl of Argyll. From Scottish randy ("boisterous, aggressive"), of uncertain origin. Probably from rand ("to storm, rave", verb), a variant of rant, see rant; or from rand ("edge", noun), in the sense of "edgy, on edge", from Middle English rand ("edge, brink, margin, border"), from Old English rand ("edge, border, margin, rim"). Related to randan.

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