/ ˈkændi; NAmE / noun
[ U , C ] ( pl. -ies ) ( NAmE ) sweet food made of sugar and/or chocolate, eaten between meals; a piece of this
SYN sweet :
a box of candy
a candy store
a candy bar
Who wants the last piece of candy?
—see also arm candy , eye candy
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IDIOMS
- be like taking candy from a baby
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent. (as a verb): the noun use is from late Middle English sugar-candy , from French sucre candi crystallized sugar, from Arabic sukkar sugar + qandī candied, based on Sanskrit khaṇḍa fragment.