shandy

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: shăn'di, IPA^(key): /ˈʃændi/

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• Rhymes: -ændi

Etymology 1

Shortening of shandygaff.

Noun

shandy (countable and uncountable, plural shandies)

1. (uncountable, UK, Ireland) A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade.
2. (countable) A glass of this drink.
   • 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 95:

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

Derived terms

• hand shandy
• rock shandy

Translations

mixture of lemonade and beer

• Catalan: clara (ca) f, xampú (ca) m
• French: panaché (fr) m
• German: Alsterwasser (de) n, Radler (de) n
• Portuguese: panachê (pt) m, shandy m
• Spanish: clara (es) f (Spain)

a serving of this mixture

• Catalan: clara (ca) f, xampú (ca) m
• French: panaché (fr) m
• German: Alsterwasser (de) n, Radler (de) n
• Portuguese: panachê (pt) m, shandy m
• Spanish: clara (es) f (Spain)

See also

• black and tan
• portergaff

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

shandy (comparative shandier, superlative shandiest)(Northern England, Scotland)

1. Wild, energetic, romping, boisterous, rambunctious.
2. Unsteady, lacking self-discipline or control, somewhat dissipated.
3. Empty-headed, crackbrained, half-crazy.
4. Mild, gentle; shy, bashful, timid, reluctant, unmotivated.
5. Poor-looking, miserable, broken-down, low, common, mean; shabby, untidy.

See also

• dandy shandy (probably etymologically unrelated)
• shan, shanny (uncertain relation)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

shandy (countable and uncountable, plural shandies)

1. (Australia, in Australian Chinese cuisine) A combination dish typically consisting of rice, one or more mains and one or more servings of appetisers.
   • 2015 January 29, Alice Pung, Growing Up Asian in Australia, ReadHowYouWant.com, →ISBN:

     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.

Anagrams

• handsy