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buddy

1

[ buhd-ee ]

noun

, plural bud·dies.
  1. comrade or chum (often used as a term of address).


verb (used without object)

, bud·died, bud·dy·ing.
  1. to be a companion; be friendly or on intimate terms.

verb phrase

  1. to become friendly with or curry the favor of:

    He was buddying up to the political bosses.

    1. to become friendly; be on friendly or intimate terms.
    2. to work closely together:

      to buddy up with a student from another high school.

Buddy

2

[ buhd-ee ]

noun

  1. a male given name.

buddy

/ ˈbʌdɪ /

noun

  1. an informal word for friend Also called (as a term of address)bud
  2. a volunteer who visits and gives help and support to a person suffering from AIDS
  3. a volunteer who gives help and support to a person who has become disabled but is returning to work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to act as a buddy to a person suffering from AIDS
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of buddy1

1840–50, Americanism; perhaps reduced form of brother
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Word History and Origins

Origin of buddy1

C19: probably a baby-talk variant (US) of brother
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Example Sentences

With his Buddy Holly glasses, scruffy boho beard, floppy hair and turtleneck sweater, Adams — who is called the Big Lad — is lazily charismatic, with the precociously paternal air of a cool, or seemingly cool, assistant professor — he calls Dolours, who in real life was only two years younger, “child.”

As well as being a real estate developer, Witkoff is also a longtime golf buddy of Trump’s.

From BBC

He called over his diving buddy, who is also his son Inigo, and they dived further down to inspect it.

From BBC

In addition to Riley’s film, she’ll soon appear in an Eddie Murphy comedy, “The Pickup”; Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut, “Good Fortune”; a buddy comedy with SZA that she produced called “One of Them Days”; and a Peacock television adaptation of the 1989 Tom Hanks movie “The ’Burbs.”

Hinchcliffe also made jokes about “carving a watermelon” with a Black buddy, and said Latinos “love making babies”: “There’s no pulling out. They don’t do that. They come inside, just like they did to our country.”

From Salon

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