buddy

bud·dy

Use buddy in a sentence

Two buddies gardening together.

noun

The definition of a buddy is a close friend or a pal.

An example of a buddy is your faithful dog.
An example of your buddy is your friend with whom you go and get a beer.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"buddy." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 19 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/buddy>.

APA Style

buddy. (n.d.). Retrieved December 19th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/buddy

buddy

noun

pl. -·dies

a close friend; companion; comrade; esp., a comrade in arms
either of two persons paired off in a partnership arrangement (buddy system) for mutual help and protection, as in combat or in children's camp activities

Origin of buddy

from uncertain or unknown; perhaps

intransitive verb

-·died, -·dy·ing

Informal to associate as a buddy or buddies

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"buddy." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 19 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/buddy>.

APA Style

buddy. (n.d.). Retrieved December 19th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/buddy

buddy

Informal

noun

pl. bud·dies

A good friend; a comrade.
A partner, especially one of a pair or team associated under the buddy system.
Friend or comrade; chum. Used as a form of familiar address, especially for a man or boy: Watch it, buddy.

intransitive verb

bud·died, bud·dy·ing, bud·dies

To associate as a buddy or buddies: buddied around with the older guys.

Phrasal Verbs: buddy up To ingratiate oneself, as by presuming friendship: buddied up to the coach in hopes of making the team.

Origin of buddy

Probably alteration of brother

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"buddy." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 19 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/buddy>.

APA Style

buddy. (n.d.). Retrieved December 19th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/buddy

Noun

(plural buddies)

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; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know.
Hey, buddy, I think you dropped this.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present buddies, present participle buddying, simple past and past participle buddied)

To assign a buddy, or partner.

Origin

Colloquial butty (1802), meaning companion, also the form of an older dialect term meaning workmate, associated with coal mining. Itself believed derived from booty fellow (1530), a partner with whom one shares booty or loot.

Proper noun