sandy

Adjective

sandy (comparative sandier, superlative sandiest)

1. Covered with sand.
2. Sprinkled with sand.
3. Containing sand.
   • Some plants grow best in sandy soil.
4. Like sand, especially in texture.
   • Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
5. Having the colour of sand.

Noun (1)

sandy (plural sandies)

1. (informal) A sandwich

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Sandy

IPA/ˈsæn.di/

Sandy (plural Sandys or Sandies)

1. A diminutive of the male given names Alexander, Sander, Alasdair, Sandeep, Sanford, and Santiago.
2. A diminutive of the female given names Sandra, Alexandra, and Cassandra.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Sandy

IPA/ˈsæn.di/

Sandy

1. A market town and civil parish in Central Bedfordshire district, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL1649).
2. A settlement in Llanelli Rural community, Carmarthenshire, Wales, just west of Llanelli town (OS grid ref SN4900).
3. An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida.
4. A city in Clackamas County, Oregon.
5. A census-designated place in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.
6. A city in Salt Lake County, Utah.
7. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
8. An unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia.
9. A former unincorporated community in Taylor County, West Virginia, now flooded.

Noun (2) capitalized: Sandy

IPA/ˈsæn.di/

Sandy (plural Sandies)

1. (Geordie, derogatory, diminutive) Diminutive of Sand Dancer

Noun (3) capitalized: Sandy

IPA/ˈsæn.di/

Sandy (plural Sandies)

1. (slang) A Scotsman.
2. (US) The A-1 Sky Raider aircraft.
3. (US) The A-10 Avenger II aircraft.