candy

UK /ˈkæn.di/ US /ˈkæn.di/
noun 6name 5verb 3

Definitions

noun

1

Crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup.

2

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

A piece of confectionery of this kind.

Unwholesome pink and yellow candies were sold from trays.

4

crack cocaine.

5

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

candy kid; candy raver

Then while our hands were still connected, he slid a colorful beaded bracelet among the many others he had off of his arm and then onto my wrist without having to break our intertwined hands. "And there you have it! Your first piece of kandi."

verb

1

To cook in or coat with sugar syrup.

2

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

Fruits preserved in sugar candy over time.

3

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

noun

1

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

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