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sandy

adj, noun — 11 senses

sandy

adjalso spelled Sandy

/ˈsændi/

Etymology From Middle English sandi, sondy, sandiȝ, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand + -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).

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.

Derived terms
Great Sandy Desert, pecan sandy, sandily, sandiness, Sandy Bay, sandy blight, sandy blind mole-rat, sandy blind mole rat, sandy carpet, Sandy Cay, Sandy Crossing, Sandy Flat, Sandy Gully, Sandy Hill, Sandy Hollow, Sandy Hook, sandyish, Sandy Lane, sandy laverock, Sandy Point, sandy pot, sandy soil

sandy

noun

Etymology From Middle English sandi, sondy, sandiȝ, from Old English sandiġ (“sandy”), equivalent to sand + -y. Cognate with Dutch zandig (“sandy”), German sandig (“sandy”), Swedish sandig (“sandy”).

1

Informal A sandwich

2

Abbreviation, Ellipsis, Informal Ellipsis of pecan sandy.

Sandy

noun

/ˈsæn.di/

Etymology * (Bedfordshire): Recorded as Sandeie in the Domesday Book, the town is named with Old English sand (“sand”) + īeġ (“island”). Doublet of Sanday. * (Carmarthenshire): From Welsh sant + dŷ (“house of the saint”) * (Tyneside (Geordie)): sand + -y

1

Geordie, Derogatory, Diminutive Diminutive of Sand Dancer

Sandy

noun
1

Slang A Scotsman.

› The callsign of an aircraft participating in…

2

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, War US The A-1 Sky Raider aircraft.

3

Aeronautics, Aerospace, Aviation, Business, Engineering, Government, Military, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Politics, War US The A-10 Avenger II aircraft.

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for sandy and Sandy.