Buddy
noun
A good friend.
She is going to the movie with her buddy.
Often appears as...
- buddy system
- study buddy
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Informal
noun
A person partnered with someone in an activity.
In army, they use a buddy system to ensure safety.
Often appears as...
- buddy system
- diving buddy
noun
A casual, frequently impolite form of address for a man.
Hey buddy, could you hand me that?
Often appears as...
- hey buddy
- listen buddy
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Colloquial
noun
A form of address used to a man, often in a threatening or contemptuous manner.
Look here, buddy, you're on my property.
Often appears as...
- listen here buddy
- look buddy
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Disapproving
verb
To become friends with someone.
He buddied up with the new student to show him around the school.
Often appears as...
- buddy up
- buddy around
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Informal
noun
A good friend.
She is going to the movie with her buddy.
Often appears as...
- buddy system
- study buddy
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A person partnered with someone in an activity.
In army, they use a buddy system to ensure safety.
Often appears as...
- buddy system
- diving buddy
noun
A casual, frequently impolite form of address for a man.
Hey buddy, could you hand me that?
Often appears as...
- hey buddy
- listen buddy
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A form of address used to a man, often in a threatening or contemptuous manner.
Look here, buddy, you're on my property.
Often appears as...
- listen here buddy
- look buddy
Usage tips
Disapproving
verb
To become friends with someone.
He buddied up with the new student to show him around the school.
Often appears as...
- buddy up
- buddy around
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Close Friendship
Use when referring to a very close friend, often one you spend a lot of time with.
I'm grabbing lunch with my buddy after class.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Bond
Suggests a bond beyond casual friendship, with mutual trust and support.
My buddy was there for me during tough times.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender Neutral
Although commonly used for men, 'buddy' can be gender-neutral.
Jess is my best buddy at work.
Pro Tip 1/3Close Friendship
Use when referring to a very close friend, often one you spend a lot of time with.
I'm grabbing lunch with my buddy after class.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Bond
Suggests a bond beyond casual friendship, with mutual trust and support.
My buddy was there for me during tough times.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender Neutral
Although commonly used for men, 'buddy' can be gender-neutral.
Jess is my best buddy at work.
Pro Tip 1/3Close Friendship
Use when referring to a very close friend, often one you spend a lot of time with.
I'm grabbing lunch with my buddy after class.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Bond
Suggests a bond beyond casual friendship, with mutual trust and support.
My buddy was there for me during tough times.
Pro Tip 3/3Gender Neutral
Although commonly used for men, 'buddy' can be gender-neutral.
Jess is my best buddy at work.
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What's hidden among the...
pulled himself up and scurried upwards. He was free climbing without ropes or a harness, one misstep meant death. But up he went, and when he reached the peak, he swayed and leapt across the gap of space onto a branch of the target tree and into a world never seen before. His buddy Marwood followed him up,
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If superpowers were...
where you can still see the road signs and breath oxygen with ease. You'll still need goggles and a helmet to protect you from birds, insects, street signs, electrical wires, and other flying humans, including flying cops ready to hand you a ticket if you don't follow the flying rules, buddy.
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Adorable Tiger Cub...
globally over a third of captive-born sumatran cubs won't make it to adulthood so you need to relax like your brother relax hey so giles has made a difficult decision to safeguard the cubs future you're going to pass with flying colors buddy yeah he's going to hand raise them
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A Black man goes...
for the fate of your people. Between crack, AIDS, gang violence, mass incarceration, gentrification, police shootings, black people have more than enough reasons to stay up at night. But if nature is into diversity and you are not, you're going to lose that fight, buddy.
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The surprising science...
And it's very interesting to me that alpha males, when they do this, they become impartial. They don't support their mom or their best buddy. No, no, they stop fights, and they come up for the underdog in general. And this makes them extremely popular in the group,
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On Black Lives Matter,...
what's my number come here when I'm come here for I don't have nothing say to y'all sometimes I'll be walking down the street with my earphones on they think I'd be listening to music buddy here and everything cuz that's one thing my mother told me she said don't
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These Divers Search For...
dedicated to finding these slave ships around the world when I see the name of this guide can Stewart so I used to go diving we would get on the boat and the folks on the boat wouldn't buddy up with me my assumption is is because I was
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This could be why you're...
They did not say to this farmer, "Hey, buddy, you need to pull yourself together. It's your job to figure out and fix this problem on your own." On the contrary, what they said is, "We're here as a group to pull together with you,
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United by Ping Pong,...
over and I see ping pong balls in the air I said wow tables sometimes you come out of work and there you have the tables then like your buddies they're
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Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
it said closer look here what's bothering you buddy
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What's hidden among the...
pulled himself up and scurried upwards. He was free climbing without ropes or a harness, one misstep meant death. But up he went, and when he reached the peak, he swayed and leapt across the gap of space onto a branch of the target tree and into a world never seen before. His buddy Marwood followed him up,
Video examples
If superpowers were...
where you can still see the road signs and breath oxygen with ease. You'll still need goggles and a helmet to protect you from birds, insects, street signs, electrical wires, and other flying humans, including flying cops ready to hand you a ticket if you don't follow the flying rules, buddy.
Video examples
Adorable Tiger Cub...
globally over a third of captive-born sumatran cubs won't make it to adulthood so you need to relax like your brother relax hey so giles has made a difficult decision to safeguard the cubs future you're going to pass with flying colors buddy yeah he's going to hand raise them
Video examples
A Black man goes...
for the fate of your people. Between crack, AIDS, gang violence, mass incarceration, gentrification, police shootings, black people have more than enough reasons to stay up at night. But if nature is into diversity and you are not, you're going to lose that fight, buddy.
Video examples
The surprising science...
And it's very interesting to me that alpha males, when they do this, they become impartial. They don't support their mom or their best buddy. No, no, they stop fights, and they come up for the underdog in general. And this makes them extremely popular in the group,
Video examples
On Black Lives Matter,...
what's my number come here when I'm come here for I don't have nothing say to y'all sometimes I'll be walking down the street with my earphones on they think I'd be listening to music buddy here and everything cuz that's one thing my mother told me she said don't
Video examples
These Divers Search For...
dedicated to finding these slave ships around the world when I see the name of this guide can Stewart so I used to go diving we would get on the boat and the folks on the boat wouldn't buddy up with me my assumption is is because I was
Video examples
This could be why you're...
They did not say to this farmer, "Hey, buddy, you need to pull yourself together. It's your job to figure out and fix this problem on your own." On the contrary, what they said is, "We're here as a group to pull together with you,
Video examples
United by Ping Pong,...
over and I see ping pong balls in the air I said wow tables sometimes you come out of work and there you have the tables then like your buddies they're
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Safari Live - Day 337 PIPE...
it said closer look here what's bothering you buddy
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Eric Massa
American Politician
Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship.
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Michael Buble
Canadian Musician
I don't want to be the flavor, the passing thing that the girls scream at. I think that it's more important for me, honestly, that the guy who gets dragged to the show, you know, looks at his wife and says, thank you, that was great and tells his buddies.
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Laz Alonso
American Actor
My buddies all still make fun of me about the whole 'Leprechaun' thing, and I'm proud of that movie. I'm just as proud of that work as I am of anything else that I've done. I feel like where I was in my career at the time, I committed to the character.
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Jonathan Majors
American Actor
I got a buddy named Brandon, who I boxed with for a long time, and I always think about him, or my daughter. If they look at something I've done, or they've seen me in the world and they don't recognize me, then I've done something wrong.
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Adam Sandler
American Actor
My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really don't pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think.
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Hardwell
Dutch Musician
I have to enjoy the music I'm making, so it's also important for me that, if I'm working on a track with someone, I have a good connection with them - which is why I often stick to working with buddies of mine.
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Dierks Bentley
American Musician
Being married is one thing, but having kids will completely change you. I still go out and hang with my buddies, but having two daughters will completely change your perspective on the world.
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Morgan Wallen
American Musician
I still have my buddies from back home, I still have my family. They really help to keep me grounded. I try to call them and talk to them about their everyday life.
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CM Punk
American Athlete
I'm an excellent judge of character. I can tell people who want something from me or if they're actually buddies.
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Johnny Mathis
American Musician
Mancini was a big part of my life. I sang a lot of his music, and he became a good buddy.
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Eric Massa
American Politician
Here's a news flash: No soldier gives his life. That's not the way it works. Most soldiers who make a conscious decision to place themselves in harm's way do it to protect their buddies. They do it because of the bonds of friendship - and it goes so much deeper than friendship.
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Michael Buble
Canadian Musician
I don't want to be the flavor, the passing thing that the girls scream at. I think that it's more important for me, honestly, that the guy who gets dragged to the show, you know, looks at his wife and says, thank you, that was great and tells his buddies.
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Laz Alonso
American Actor
My buddies all still make fun of me about the whole 'Leprechaun' thing, and I'm proud of that movie. I'm just as proud of that work as I am of anything else that I've done. I feel like where I was in my career at the time, I committed to the character.
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Jonathan Majors
American Actor
I got a buddy named Brandon, who I boxed with for a long time, and I always think about him, or my daughter. If they look at something I've done, or they've seen me in the world and they don't recognize me, then I've done something wrong.
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Adam Sandler
American Actor
My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is going to say. Anyway, I really don't pay attention to what the world says about my movies. I just care about what my buddies think.
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Hardwell
Dutch Musician
I have to enjoy the music I'm making, so it's also important for me that, if I'm working on a track with someone, I have a good connection with them - which is why I often stick to working with buddies of mine.
Quote examples
Dierks Bentley
American Musician
Being married is one thing, but having kids will completely change you. I still go out and hang with my buddies, but having two daughters will completely change your perspective on the world.
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Morgan Wallen
American Musician
I still have my buddies from back home, I still have my family. They really help to keep me grounded. I try to call them and talk to them about their everyday life.
Quote examples
CM Punk
American Athlete
I'm an excellent judge of character. I can tell people who want something from me or if they're actually buddies.
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Johnny Mathis
American Musician
Mancini was a big part of my life. I sang a lot of his music, and he became a good buddy.
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