shandy

Meanings

Noun

• A drink made by mixing beer and lemonade.
• A glass of this drink.

Adjective

• wild, energetic, romping, boisterous, rambunctious
• unsteady, lacking self-discipline or control, somewhat dissipated
• empty-headed, crackbrained, half-crazy
• mild, gentle; shy, bashful, timid, reluctant, unmotivated
• poor-looking, miserable, broken-down, low, common, mean; shabby, untidy

Origin

• Shortening of shandygaff.
• From an extension of dialectal shand, or from shand + -y.