candy
863
1.0
- noun
- /ˈkændi/
- US
:
dulce
- Do you want a candy?
- a candy bar
- a candy store
- buy candy
I have no craving for candy, nothing.
- I have no craving for candy, nothing.
- How to use a candy floss machine.
- Candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.
- My mom does love a chewy fruit candy, like a little doom Doom.
- Maybe I'll do some candy cane cupcakes.
- I asked for Mexican candy, the whole Mexico.
- OK, so I've got this infinite candy store of consciousness.
- Anything bright orange or yellow, candy, snack foods, chips.
Examples
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The children were excited to choose their favorite candy from the store.
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I can't help but slip those two a piece of candy each time I see them.
Fiction book (1990) -
Where do you think that the candy might be?
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I just came in here for a candy bar.
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Students earned either hard candy, ten minutes of computer, or 10 minutes of free time.
Academic text (1993) -
So we're going to make these super cool candy eye pops.
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Have you ever wanted to have candy for brekkie?
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We men worked when we were little, selling kerosene, candy, and other things in the street.
Academic text (1993) -
Mr. Sela will bring flowers and candy, but one day he will stop.
Fiction book (1990) -
The reward bag contained slips of paper indicating candy, snack, activity, or prize.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
69
1.0
A small sugary food eaten after a meal
8
3.7
Sweet food like candy or a small cake
1
3.0
Sweet foods like chocolate and candy that you eat for pleasure
A rich sweet made from sugar, often with fruit or nuts
A small piece of candy or chocolate
Idioms
- Informal
3
7.2
Very excited and happy because there are many things to choose from
Compounds
22
1.0
A hard sweet stick with red and white stripes that tastes like mint and is used at Christmas
- US
8
3.5
A small triangular sweet with yellow, orange, and white layers often eaten at Halloween
- Slang
6
6.3
Attractive pictures or designs that please the eyes but give little useful information
- Archaic
5
8.9
A young volunteer, often a girl or young woman, who helps with non-medical tasks in a hospital
1
3.7
A small kitchen tool that measures sugar syrup temperature when making candy
How Sweet
- UK
15
1.9
- Archaic
- Archaic
3
8.8
- US
863
1.0
17
3.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
Candy comes from old Persian and Sanskrit words like qand and khanda that meant 'sugar' or a 'piece of sugar'. So candy originally meant a small 'lump of sugar', which is why the word now means a sweet treat.