dude
A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, annoyance, etcA term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, annoyance, etc.
» What's up, dude?
Was geht ab, Kumpel? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Як справи, чоловіче? — deniko
Як справи, друже? — deniko
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1 senses(slang)A term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, annoyance, etc.
Dude! You finally called!
Alter
чувакčuvak, челčel
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
4 languagesOrigin
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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