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shandy

/ˈʃændi/

shandy noun: a drink made by mixing beer and lemonade.

Noun (1)

shandy (countable and uncountable, plural shandies)

  1. (Ireland, UK, uncountable) A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade.
  2. (countable) A glass of this drink.
    • ‘Even the Methodist minister’s wife had a shandy at the sportsground.’1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 95

Adjective

shandy (comparative shandier, superlative shandiest)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) wild, energetic, romping, boisterous, rambunctious
  2. (Northern England, Scotland) unsteady, lacking self-discipline or control, somewhat dissipated
  3. (Northern England, Scotland) empty-headed, crackbrained, half-crazy
  4. (Northern England, Scotland) mild, gentle; shy, bashful, timid, reluctant, unmotivated
  5. (Northern England, Scotland) poor-looking, miserable, broken-down, low, common, mean; shabby, untidy

Noun (2)

shandy (countable and uncountable, plural shandies)

  1. (Australia) A combination dish typically consisting of rice, one or more mains and one or more servings of appetisers.
    • The most popular dishes included special fried rice, chicken with almonds, and sweet and sour pork. Those who were indecisive could order the shandy special, which was basically a combination of the three dishes in one meal.2015 January 29, Alice Pung, Growing Up Asian in Australia, ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN

Proper noun capitalized: Shandy

Shandy

  1. A surname

Forms of shandy

Noun
pluralshandies
Adjective
comparativeshandier
superlativeshandiest

Origin of shandy

Shortening of shandygaff.

From an extension of dialectal shand (“worthless”), or from shand (“disgrace, dishonour”) + -y.

Words formed from shandy

Words that rhyme with shandy

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Questions about shandy

What does shandy mean?
Shandy means a drink made by mixing beer and lemonade.
What part of speech is shandy?
Shandy can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce shandy?
Shandy is pronounced /ˈʃændi/.
What is the plural of shandy?
The plural of shandy is shandies.

Words near shandy in the dictionary

  1. shandry
  2. shandrydan
  3. shandrydans
  4. Shands
  5. Shandses
  6. shandy
  7. shandygaff
  8. shandygaffs
  9. Shane
  10. Shanecqua
  11. Shaneequa

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