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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A good friend; a comrade.
  2. n. A partner, especially one of a pair or team associated under the buddy system.
  3. n. Friend or comrade; chum. Used as a form of familiar address, especially for a man or boy: Watch it, buddy.
  4. v. To associate as a buddy or buddies: buddied around with the older guys.
  5. buddy up To ingratiate oneself, as by presuming friendship: buddied up to the coach in hopes of making the team.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A friend or casual acquaintance.
  2. n. A partner for a particular activity.
  3. n. An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know.
  4. v. To assign a buddy, or partner.

Etymologies

  1. Probably alteration of brother.

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  • yarb Citation on lum. Jul 23, 2009

‘buddy’ has been looked up 1256 times, added to 16 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 12.