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candy
1[ kan-dee ]
noun
- any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- a single piece of such a confection.
- Slang. cocaine.
The show is candy, but enjoy it for what it is.
verb (used with object)
- to cook in sugar or syrup, as sweet potatoes or carrots.
- to cook in heavy syrup until transparent, as fruit, fruit peel, or ginger.
- to reduce (sugar, syrup, etc.) to a crystalline form, usually by boiling down.
- to coat with sugar:
to candy dates.
- to make sweet, palatable, or agreeable.
verb (used without object)
- to become covered with sugar.
- to crystallize into sugar.
Candy
2[ kan-dee ]
noun
- a female given name.
candy
/ ˈæԻɪ /
noun
- confectionery in general; sweets, chocolate, etc
- a person or thing that is regarded as being attractive but superficial
arm candy
- like taking candy from a baby informal.very easy to accomplish
verb
- to cause (sugar, etc) to become crystalline, esp by boiling or (of sugar) to become crystalline through boiling
- to preserve (fruit peel, ginger, etc) by boiling in sugar
- to cover with any crystalline substance, such as ice or sugar
Other Word Forms
- d· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of candy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of candy1
Example Sentences
I’m sitting there listening — that’s the reason the intro’s so long, because I was just waiting — and finally I start singing, “You’re rock candy, baby — hard, sweet and sticky.”
He later tweeted that Kris Jenner didn’t hand out the magazines to the kids, as one X account had asserted, but said “they were just in reach like candy.”
“I just tried some foreign Mont Blanc Kit Kats from Japan, delicious. If I’m going chocolate, I’m going Kit Kat, straight from the freezer. For candy, I’m all about sour—Sour Skittles, Warheads.”
"Back then, women were just eye candy," he says.
Born in a small Mexico City candy shop and inspired by traditional Mexican flavors, these pops are an explosion of spicy, sweet and tangy.
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