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shandy

noun
/ˈʃændi/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *(s)ḱem-✻ — “to cover, hide, conceal”
  2. inherited from *skandō✻ — “shame, disgrace”
  3. inherited from *skandu✻
  4. inherited from sċeand
  5. inherited from shande
  6. formed as shandy — “shand + -y”

Definitions

  1. A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade.

  2. A glass of this drink.

    • ‘Even the Methodist minister’s wife had a shandy at the sportsground.’

  3. wild, energetic, romping, boisterous, rambunctious

  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. unsteady, lacking self-discipline or control, somewhat dissipated

    2. empty-headed, crackbrained, half-crazy

    3. mild, gentle

      mild, gentle; shy, bashful, timid, reluctant, unmotivated

    4. poor-looking, miserable, broken-down, low, common, mean

      poor-looking, miserable, broken-down, low, common, mean; shabby, untidy

    5. A combination dish typically consisting of rice, one or more mains and one or more…

      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.

    6. A surname

The neighborhood

Derived

hand shandy, rock shandy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for shandy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA