buddy
A friend or casual acquaintanceA friend or casual acquaintance.
» You made a big mistake, buddy.
Ти зробив велику помилку, друже. — deniko
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4 sensesA friend or casual acquaintance.
They have been buddies since they were in school.
A partner for a particular activity.
drinking buddies
A partner for a particular activity.
A workmate assigned to work closely with another.
Near-synonym: butty
training buddies [mentor/mentee]
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.
- a close friend who accompanies their buddies in their activities
Examples
154 sentencesYou made a big mistake, buddy.
Ти зробив велику помилку, друже. — deniko
Tom is a buddy of mine.
Том — мій приятель. — deniko
Tom is my buddy.
Том — мій приятель. — deniko
ruТом - мой приятель. — marafon
I feel your pain, buddy.
Співчуваю тобі, друже. — drjuly
ruСочувствую тебе, дружище. — Biga
I know Tom is a buddy of yours.
ruЯ знаю, что Том - твой приятель. — marafon
Origin
First appears c. 1788, in the writings of Charles Dibdin, of uncertain origin. Possibly frFirst 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. Itself believed derived from 1530 as booty fellow, a partner with whom one shares booty or loot. Alternatively, compare Scots buddo, bodda (“buddy, kiddo, dear”), related to Icelandic budda (“purse"; also "short, stout person”).
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