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randan

Syllables: ran·dan

randan noun: riotous or disorderly behaviour.

Noun (1)

randan (plural randans)

  1. (Scotland) Riotous or disorderly behaviour.
  2. (Scotland) A rowdy celebration; a spree.
    • on the randan (also on the randy)
    • He was fond of a lass and fond of a glass, and fond of a ran-dan; […]1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Black Andie’s Tale of Tod Lapraik”, in Catriona, London; Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson & Sons, →OCLC, page 172

Noun (2)

randan (plural randans)

  1. The product of a second sifting of meal; the finest part of the bran.
  2. A boat propelled by three oarsmen.

Forms of randan

pluralrandans
alternative formrandy

Origin of randan

From a conflation of rand (“to storm, rave”) and obsolete random (“impetuosity, force”).

Unknown.

Questions about randan

What does randan mean?
Randan means riotous or disorderly behaviour.
What part of speech is randan?
Randan is a noun.
What is the plural of randan?
The plural of randan is randans.

Words near randan in the dictionary

  1. Randallite
  2. Randallites
  3. Randalls
  4. Randalls Bay
  5. Randalstown
  6. randan
  7. randannite
  8. randannites
  9. randans
  10. Randas
  11. Randazzo

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