| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bud·dy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b d  |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. bud·dies
1. Informal A good friend; a comrade. 2. A partner, especially one of a pair or team associated under the buddy system. 3. Friend or comrade; chum. Used as a form of familiar address, especially for a man or boy: Watch it, buddy. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: bud·died, bud·dy·ing, bud·dies
To associate as a buddy or buddies: buddied around with the older guys. | | PHRASAL VERB: | buddy up To ingratiate oneself, as by presuming friendship: buddied up to the coach in hopes of making the team. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Probably alteration of brother.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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