buddy
A friend or casual acquaintance.
Noun 3 meanings
A friend or casual acquaintance.
“They have been buddies since they were in school.”
A partner for a particular activity.
“drinking buddies”
An informal and friendly address to a stranger, usually male; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know.
“Hey, buddy, I think you dropped this.”
Pronoun 1 meaning
A person far removed from the conversation.
Verb 1 meaning
To assign a buddy, or partner, to.
Adjective 1 meaning
Resembling a bud.
Etymology
First appears c. 1788, in the writings of Charles Dibdin, of uncertain origin. Possibly from *bruddy, *bruthy, a child-talk alteration of brother. Alternatively, perhaps from British colloquial butty (“companion”), also the form of an older dialect term meaning workmate, associated with coal mining.
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BUDDY at a glance
BUDDY has 5 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (B 3 + U 1 + D 2 + D 2 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #3,534 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with buddy
All rhymes- DADDY11
- TEDDY10
- PADDY12
- MUDDY12
- EDDY9
- GIDDY11
- REDDY10
- SHODDY14
- RUDDY10
- DIDDY11
- CADDY12
- ADDY9
One letter away
- MUDDY12
- BUNDY11
- RUDDY10
- CUDDY12
- BIDDY12
- DUDDY11
- FUDDY13
- PUDDY12
- BADDY12
- NUDDY10
- WUDDY13
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