randoms

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of random.

   A few randoms tagged along with us after the concert.

   She kept getting messages from randoms she had never met.

   Note

   In everyday use the plural belongs to the colloquial, figurative noun for an unknown or unimportant person: a few randoms in a crowd, messages from randoms. Because it labels people as of no consequence, it can sound dismissive and suits casual speech only. The same plural also serves rarer nouns: the directions of rake-veins in mining and, historically, the frames printers used for composing type.

2. 2
   verbrare

   Third-person singular simple present of random.

   The server randoms the team assignments before every round.

   This generator randoms a fresh password whenever you refresh the page.

   Note

   This form shares its spelling with the plural noun, so position tells them apart. After a subject (it randoms) it is a verb. After a determiner (a few randoms) it is a noun. The verb itself is uncommon, and its sense is to wander, stray or meander. It forms its present tense regularly, adding -s for he, she and it.

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