"buddy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈbʌd.i/ Audio: En-us-buddy.ogg [US] Forms: more buddy [comparative], most buddy [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌdi Etymology: From Middle English buddy, buddi, equivalent to bud + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|buddy}} Middle English buddy, {{m|enm|buddi}} buddi, {{suf|en|bud|y|id2=adjectival}} bud + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} buddy (comparative more buddy, superlative most buddy)
  1. Resembling a bud.
    Sense id: en-buddy-en-adj-ZtAY7IXd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈbʌd.i/ Audio: En-us-buddy.ogg [US] Forms: buddies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌdi Etymology: 1802, 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en||*bruddy, *bruthy}} *bruddy, *bruthy, {{m|en|brother}} brother, {{m|en|butty|t=companion}} butty (“companion”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} buddy (plural buddies)
  1. A friend or casual acquaintance. Synonyms: bud, mate, friend
    Sense id: en-buddy-en-noun-DWP0~ICi
  2. A partner for a particular activity. Synonyms: companion, partner
    Sense id: en-buddy-en-noun-LO96bHKz
  3. An informal and friendly address to a stranger, usually male; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know. Synonyms: mate, fellow
    Sense id: en-buddy-en-noun-x6NrRGGG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈbʌd.i/ Audio: En-us-buddy.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ʌdi Etymology: 1802, 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en||*bruddy, *bruthy}} *bruddy, *bruthy, {{m|en|brother}} brother, {{m|en|butty|t=companion}} butty (“companion”) Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} buddy, {{en-pronoun}} buddy
  1. (Maritime English) A person far removed from the conversation. Translations (friend or casual acquaintance): company [masculine] (Catalan), 哥兒 (Chinese Mandarin), 哥儿 (gēr) (Chinese Mandarin), 伙伴 (huǒbàn) (Chinese Mandarin), maat [masculine] (Dutch), maatje [neuter] (Dutch), kaveri (Finnish), toveri (Finnish), tuttava (Finnish), kaverus (Finnish), compagnon [masculine] (French), pote [masculine] (French), copain [masculine] (French), ძმობილი (ʒmobili) (Georgian), ამხანაგი (amxanagi) (Georgian), მეგობარი (megobari) (Georgian), ძმაკაცი (ʒmaḳaci) (Georgian), Kumpel [masculine] (German), haver (Hungarian), sobat (Indonesian), amico [masculine] (Italian), 仲間 (nakama) (alt: なかま) (Japanese), 相棒 (aibō) (alt: あいぼう) (Japanese), សំលាញ់ (sɑmlienh) (Khmer), សម្លាញ់ (sɑmlañ) (Khmer), boug (Louisiana Creole French), nèg (Louisiana Creole French), padna (Louisiana Creole French), djæk (Louisiana Creole French), vye (Louisiana Creole French), گوڭلداش (gönüldaş) (Ottoman Turkish), رفیق (rafiq) (Persian), Schlockat [masculine] (Plautdietsch), kumpel [masculine] (Polish), companheiro [masculine] (Portuguese), дружо́к (družók) [masculine] (Russian), прия́тель (prijátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), друшкан [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), druškan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), compañero [masculine] (Spanish), acompañante [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), camarada [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), cuate [masculine] (Spanish), kompis [common-gender] (Swedish), polare [common-gender] (Swedish), ahbap (Turkish) Translations (informal address to a stranger): ախպեր (axper) (Armenian), ապեր (aper) (Armenian), amic [masculine] (Catalan), 老表 (lǎobiǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), 老兄 (lǎoxiōng) (Chinese Mandarin), maat [masculine] (Dutch), kerel [masculine] (Dutch), vriend [masculine] (Dutch), kaveri (Finnish), camarade [masculine] (French), mec [masculine] (French), Kumpel [masculine] (German), capo [masculine] (Italian), kolega [masculine] (Polish), koleś [masculine] (Polish), morda [masculine] (Polish), parceiro [masculine] (Portuguese), прия́тель (prijátelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), дружи́ще (družíšče) [masculine] (Russian), друг (drug) [masculine] (Russian), друшкан [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), druškan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), colega [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), amigo [masculine] (Spanish), amiga [feminine] (Spanish), tío [masculine] (Spanish), grabben (note: definite form) [common-gender] (Swedish), vännen (note: definite form) [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (partner for a particular activity): kaveri (Finnish), toveri (Finnish), copain [masculine] (French), pote [feminine, masculine] (French), Kollege [masculine] (German), cimbora (Hungarian), pajtás (Hungarian), compagno [masculine] (Italian), amico [masculine] (Italian), សំលាញ់ (sɑmlienh) (Khmer), kolega [masculine] (Polish), colega [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), коллега (kollega) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), colega [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), compinche [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-buddy-en-pron-EAhKnHcU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English pronouns, English terms of address, English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 8 26 47 9 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 5 4 8 29 45 9 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 11 8 18 54 9 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 8 6 7 23 49 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival): 12 10 10 15 43 9 Derived forms: accountability buddy, battle buddy, blow-buddy, blow buddy, bosom buddy, bud, buddy bench, buddy block, buddy booth, buddy boy, buddy breathe, buddy-buddy, buddy cop, buddy film, buddyhood, buddy list, buddy memory allocation, buddy movie, buddy pack, buddy parent, buddy parenting, buddy pod, Buddyroll, buddyroo, buddyslash, buddy store, buddy system, buddy taping, buddy up, buddy wrapping, bus buddy, butt buddy, cuddle buddy, cut buddy, e-buddy, fuck buddy, quit buddy, study buddy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈbʌd.i/ Audio: En-us-buddy.ogg [US] Forms: buddies [present, singular, third-person], buddying [participle, present], buddied [participle, past], buddied [past]
Rhymes: -ʌdi Etymology: 1802, 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. Etymology templates: {{m|en||*bruddy, *bruthy}} *bruddy, *bruthy, {{m|en|brother}} brother, {{m|en|butty|t=companion}} butty (“companion”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} buddy (third-person singular simple present buddies, present participle buddying, simple past and past participle buddied)
  1. (transitive) To assign a buddy, or partner, to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-buddy-en-verb-rCDVZisf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "word": "buddy breathe"
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          "word": "buddy memory allocation"
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          "word": "buddy movie"
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          "word": "buddy parent"
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          "word": "buddy parenting"
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          "word": "buddy pod"
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        {
          "word": "Buddyroll"
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          "word": "buddyslash"
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          "word": "buddy taping"
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          "word": "buddy wrapping"
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          "word": "bus buddy"
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          "word": "butt buddy"
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          "word": "cuddle buddy"
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          "word": "cut buddy"
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          "word": "e-buddy"
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          "word": "fuck buddy"
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          "code": "ca",
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          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "huǒbàn",
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          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "kaveri"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "toveri"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "tuttava"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "kaverus"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "compagnon"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pote"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "copain"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒmobili",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "ძმობილი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "amxanagi",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "ამხანაგი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "megobari",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "მეგობარი"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ʒmaḳaci",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "ძმაკაცი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Kumpel"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "haver"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "sobat"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "amico"
        },
        {
          "alt": "なかま",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nakama",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "仲間"
        },
        {
          "alt": "あいぼう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "aibō",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "相棒"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sɑmlienh",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "សំលាញ់"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sɑmlañ",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "សម្លាញ់"
        },
        {
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "boug"
        },
        {
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "nèg"
        },
        {
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "padna"
        },
        {
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "djæk"
        },
        {
          "code": "lou",
          "lang": "Louisiana Creole French",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
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        },
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          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "gönüldaş",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "گوڭلداش"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "rafiq",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "word": "رفیق"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schlockat"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "kumpel"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "it",
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "pl",
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      "word": "blow buddy"
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      "word": "buddy parent"
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      "word": "buddy parenting"
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      "word": "buddy pod"
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      "word": "Buddyroll"
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      "word": "buddy system"
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      "word": "buddy up"
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      "word": "buddy wrapping"
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      "word": "bus buddy"
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      "word": "cut buddy"
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      "word": "e-buddy"
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      "word": "fuck buddy"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
      "word": "ძმობილი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
      "word": "ამხანაგი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
      "word": "მეგობარი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "ძმაკაცი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "haver"
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "仲間"
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      "word": "padna"
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      "word": "djæk"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
      "word": "گوڭلداش"
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pdt",
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      "word": "Schlockat"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "kumpel"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "companheiro"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дружо́к"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "druškan"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cuate"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kompis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "polare"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "friend or casual acquaintance",
      "word": "ahbap"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "partner for a particular activity",
      "word": "kaveri"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "copain"
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      "code": "fr",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "pote"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "partner for a particular activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Kollege"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "partner for a particular activity",
      "word": "cimbora"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "partner for a particular activity",
      "word": "pajtás"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "compagno"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "partner for a particular activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "km",
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      "sense": "partner for a particular activity",
      "word": "សំលាញ់"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "partner for a particular activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "kolega"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "partner for a particular activity",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "коллега"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "informal address to a stranger",
      "word": "ախպեր"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "word": "ապեր"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "informal address to a stranger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "informal address to a stranger",
      "word": "老表"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "informal address to a stranger",
      "word": "老兄"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "informal address to a stranger",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "kaveri"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "informal address to a stranger",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "informal address to a stranger",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mec"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Kumpel"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "informal address to a stranger",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "capo"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "morda"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "informal address to a stranger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "parceiro"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "informal address to a stranger",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "expansion": "buddy (third-person singular simple present buddies, present participle buddying, simple past and past participle buddied)",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Philip Briggs, Danny Edmunds, Mozambique: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 86",
          "text": "If you are being formally buddied, have a good chat with your buddy and find out their interests -- these should more or less match your own.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To assign a buddy, or partner, to."
      ],
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        [
          "partner",
          "partner"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To assign a buddy, or partner, to."
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌd.i/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌdi"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms of address",
    "English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌdi",
    "Rhymes:English/ʌdi/2 syllables"
  ],
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        "3": "buddy"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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      },
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    },
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more buddy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most buddy",
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      ]
    }
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        {
          "ref": "1963, John Herbert Goddard, Chrysanthemum Growers' Treasury, page 18",
          "text": "Some of the dwarfer varieties are full of buddy growths in the early stages and these must be cut down and thrown away.",
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        }
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        "Resembling a bud."
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbʌd.i/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌdi"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-buddy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b8/En-us-buddy.ogg/En-us-buddy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/En-us-buddy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
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}

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