Definition
(a piece of) candy (US): (a piece of) snack food made from sugar or chocolate
Attention: "candy" never takes an indefinite article.
Would you like some candy? Do you want one of these sweets?
Candy is also a first name in Anglophone countries, usually short for "Candace".
a candy bar: a bar of chocolate
- "Technique : Dress up like ghosts, monsters and sexy nurses in order to extort the precious candy."
- "A 15-year-old boy wreaked havoc today at White Dove High School when he pulled out candy from his bag and threw it "quite hard" at fellow students."
- "Candy : Don't worry, Brent."
- "HIGH SCHOOL CANDY MASSACRE!"
- "Objective : Obtain candy by any means necessary"
- "Brent : Candy?"
- "Brent : So Oklahoma isn't a good destination for the next Vanderplop family vacation, is it Candy?"
- "Quotes : "First you get the
moneycandy, then you get the power, then you get the women." - "Candy : Oh no!"
- "A fellow student said "Zack was careful not to throw the candy directly at people, but a caramel square did land quite near my foot"."
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