candy

Definition

  • noun: a sweet food made with sugar or chocolate
  • noun: crystallized sugar formed by boiling down sugar syrup
  • verb: to encrust in or coat with sugar
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: jell-o, addictive drug, blancmange

Examples

  • A lot of the material on their Web site is just 'eye candy'.

  • The children are fond of 'candy'. [=('Brit') 'sweets']

  • The cough syrup tastes like 'candy'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) I was kinda hoping Thor would be the exception. Yeah. Give him time. We don't know what the Maximoff kid showed him. "Earth's Mightiest Heroes." Pulled us apart like cotton candy. Seems like you walked away all right. Is that a problem? I don't trust a guy without a dark side. (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron
  • (..) Now, minister, where were we? (African language) Shut up, shut up! Yeah. The enhanced. Strucker's prize pupils. Want a candy? Oh, sorry to hear about Strucker. But then, he knew what kind of world he was helping create. Human life. Not a growth market. You...you didn't know? (..)
    2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron