dude
A man, generally a younger manA man, generally a younger man.
» What's up, dude?
Was geht ab, Kumpel?
Як справи, чоловіче?
Як справи, друже?
Meaning
6 senses(Canada, US, colloquial)A man, generally a younger man.
So we were at the mall and these two dudes just walk up to us and say "hi".
Kerl, Junge
мужи́кmužík, чува́кčuvák, челčel
an informal form of address for a man
(colloquial)A term of address for someone, often but not exclusively a man, particularly when hailing, cautioning them or offering advice.
Hey, dude, how's it going?
Dude, I'd be careful around the principal; he's having a bad day.
Alter
ко́решkóreš, друга́нdrugán, брата́нbratán
(slang)A tourist.
(derogatory)A birder who has expensive clothing and equipment, but scant knowledge of birds, their fieldmarks, habits, etc.
(US, historical)In the west, a city slicker with scant knowledge of horses, cattle, or frontier survival.
(archaic)A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance
Examples
124 sentencesWhat's up, dude?
Як справи, чоловіче? — deniko
deWas geht ab, Kumpel? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I met a dude named Tom.
Tom is a big dude.
Tom is a weird dude.
That dude looks like Tom.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
Uncertain, though likely a clipping of doodle (“fool, simpleton, mindless person”), perhapUncertain, though likely a clipping of doodle (“fool, simpleton, mindless person”), perhaps with reference to the fashionable “Yankee Doodle dandy” in the 18th-century lyrics of the song “Yankee Doodle”; the word is first attested in 1883 as a New York City slang term of contempt for a “fastidious man, fop”. If so, then related to German Low German Dudeldop, Dudendop (“fool, dunce”), Saterland Frisian Duddigegen (“idiot”).
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