DANDY

bully, bang-up, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad, peachy, slap-up, swell, smashing, old

(adjective) very good; “he did a bully job”; “a neat sports car”; “had a great time at the party”; “you look simply smashing”; “we had a grand old time”

yawl, dandy

(noun) a sailing vessel with two masts; a small mizzen is aft of the rudderpost

dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, swell, fashion plate, clotheshorse

(noun) a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

dandy (comparative dandier, superlative dandiest)

Like a dandy, foppish.

Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.

Excellent; first-rate.

Synonyms

• (like a dandy): See Thesaurus:foppish

• (limited good): all very well, well and good

• (excellent): See Thesaurus:excellent

Noun

dandy (plural dandies)

A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.

(British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.

A dandy roller.

Synonyms

• (man concerned with appearance): See Thesaurus:dandy

Proper noun

Dandy (plural Dandys)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dandy is the 18609^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1480 individuals. Dandy is most common among White (47.03%) and Black/African American (42.5%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary

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Dan"dy, n.; pl. Dandies. Etym: [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.]

1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.

3. A dandy roller. See below. Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush.

– Dandy fever. See Dengue.

– Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end.

– Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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