candy

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.

2. 2

   Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners,…

   Edible, sweet-tasting confectionery containing sugar, or sometimes artificial sweeteners, and often flavored with fruit, chocolate, nuts, herbs and spices, or artificial flavors.

   • They came down to buy sugar, flour, saltfish or candy from Nana, to collect letters and exchange gossip.
3. 3

   A piece of confectionery of this kind.

   • Unwholesome pink and yellow candies were sold from trays.
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   1. 4

      crack cocaine.

   2. 5

      An accessory (bracelet, etc.) made from pony beads, associated with the rave scene.

      • candy kid; candy raver
      • The mantra of the rave is PLUR: peace, love, unity, respect, while the tribal badge is kandi: colourful bracelets made out of chunky beads (and not the same as candy, the drugs that might also feature, such as E or Molly).
   3. 6

      To cook in or coat with sugar syrup.

   4. 7

      To form into congelations or crystals, especially of sugar or syrup.

      • Fruits preserved in sugar candy over time.
   5. 8

      To become candy

      To become candy; to solidify into a candylike form or mass.

   6. 9

      A unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500…

      A unit of weight used in southern India, equal to twenty maunds, roughly equal to 500 pounds avoirdupois but varying locally.

   7. 10

      A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.

   8. 11

      The Mediterranean island of Crete.

      • Assure thy selfe that as for me I never will agree That Candie Joves owne foster place (as long as I there raigne) Shall unto such a monstruous Wight a Harbrow place remaine.
      • Orsino, this is that Antonio That took the Phoenix and her fraught from Candy; And this is he that did the Tiger board, When your young nephew Titus lost his leg:
   9. 12

      The Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka

      The Kingdom of Kandy on the island now known as Sri Lanka; (by extension) the British colony of Ceylon on that island.

      • Mr. W. H. GREGORY, the accomplished Member for Galway, goes to Ceylon as Governor. […] A pleasant exile, and a safe return, are Mr. Punch’s sweet wishes to him who departeth for Candy.
   10. 13

       The city of Kandy, the capital of that kingdom.

       • The First is the City of Candy, so generally called by the Christians, probably from Conde, which in the Chingulays Language signifies Hills, for among them it is situated […]
   11. 14

       A surname.

       • Suddenly, to his horror, Mr Candy found himself in what Ma would have called a terrible two-and-eight.
       • The phone was then handed over to the other perpetrating programmer of SPECTACLE who described himself as 'the other Simon' who talked me through some of the program's low spots while Robin Candy punched the buttons on the Spectrum.

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• synonymconfectioneryconfection
• synonymsweetsconfection
• synonymlolliesconfection
• synonymsugar candyconfection