"howdy" meaning in English

See howdy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈhaʊdi/ Audio: en-us-howdy.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -aʊdi Etymology: Shortened form of "how d'ye (do)" (i.e. how do you do). Head templates: {{en-interj}} howdy
  1. (chiefly Texas, informal) An informal greeting. Tags: Texas, informal Categories (topical): Greetings Derived forms: boy howdy, howdy-do, howdy doody
    Sense id: en-howdy-en-intj-3-OoYjjd Disambiguation of Greetings: 85 0 4 11 Categories (other): Texas English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: howdie [noun]
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈhaʊdi/ Audio: en-us-howdy.ogg [US] Forms: howdies [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊdi Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unknown|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun}} howdy (plural howdies)
  1. (Scotland) A wife. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-howdy-en-noun-vn4lPH-l Categories (other): Scottish English
  2. (Scotland) A midwife. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-howdy-en-noun-AfEoCsUG Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: howdie [noun]
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈhaʊdi/ Audio: en-us-howdy.ogg [US] Forms: howdies [present, singular, third-person], howdying [participle, present], howdied [participle, past], howdied [past]
Rhymes: -aʊdi Etymology: Shortened form of "how d'ye (do)" (i.e. how do you do). Head templates: {{en-verb}} howdy (third-person singular simple present howdies, present participle howdying, simple past and past participle howdied)
  1. (transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy" Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-howdy-en-verb-R91O7hRp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: howdie [noun]
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for howdy meaning in English (4.2kB)

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srn",
            "2": "odi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sranan Tongo: odi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sranan Tongo: odi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of \"how d'ye (do)\" (i.e. how do you do).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "howdy",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Texas English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 0 4 11",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Greetings",
          "orig": "en:Greetings",
          "parents": [
            "Social acts",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "boy howdy"
        },
        {
          "word": "howdy-do"
        },
        {
          "word": "howdy doody"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An informal greeting."
      ],
      "id": "en-howdy-en-intj-3-OoYjjd",
      "links": [
        [
          "greeting",
          "greeting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Texas, informal) An informal greeting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Texas",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊdi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊdi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-howdy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg/En-us-howdy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "howdie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "howdy"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of \"how d'ye (do)\" (i.e. how do you do).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "howdies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "howdying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "howdied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "howdied",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "howdy (third-person singular simple present howdies, present participle howdying, simple past and past participle howdied)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, Brynn Bonner, Dead in a Flash, page 249",
          "text": "I stood up for the kid and it got ugly, with accusations being thrown in both directions. So the sheriff and I weren't exactly on howdying terms when that fire happened.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To greet informally, especially by saying \"howdy\""
      ],
      "id": "en-howdy-en-verb-R91O7hRp",
      "links": [
        [
          "greet",
          "greet"
        ],
        [
          "informally",
          "informally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying \"howdy\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊdi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊdi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-howdy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg/En-us-howdy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "howdie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "howdy"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "howdies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "howdy (plural howdies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wife."
      ],
      "id": "en-howdy-en-noun-vn4lPH-l",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) A wife."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Scottish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A midwife."
      ],
      "id": "en-howdy-en-noun-AfEoCsUG",
      "links": [
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) A midwife."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊdi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊdi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-howdy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg/En-us-howdy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "howdie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "howdy"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "en:Greetings"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "boy howdy"
    },
    {
      "word": "howdy-do"
    },
    {
      "word": "howdy doody"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srn",
            "2": "odi"
          },
          "expansion": "Sranan Tongo: odi",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sranan Tongo: odi"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of \"how d'ye (do)\" (i.e. how do you do).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "howdy",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Texas English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An informal greeting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "greeting",
          "greeting"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Texas, informal) An informal greeting."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Texas",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊdi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊdi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-howdy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg/En-us-howdy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "howdie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "howdy"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:Greetings"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [],
  "etymology_text": "Shortened form of \"how d'ye (do)\" (i.e. how do you do).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "howdies",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "howdying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "howdied",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "howdied",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "howdy (third-person singular simple present howdies, present participle howdying, simple past and past participle howdied)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, Brynn Bonner, Dead in a Flash, page 249",
          "text": "I stood up for the kid and it got ugly, with accusations being thrown in both directions. So the sheriff and I weren't exactly on howdying terms when that fire happened.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To greet informally, especially by saying \"howdy\""
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "greet",
          "greet"
        ],
        [
          "informally",
          "informally"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying \"howdy\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊdi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊdi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-howdy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg/En-us-howdy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "howdie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "howdy"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "en:Greetings"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unknown"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "howdies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "howdy (plural howdies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A wife."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) A wife."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A midwife."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "midwife",
          "midwife"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) A midwife."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Scotland"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊdi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊdi"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-howdy.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg/En-us-howdy.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/En-us-howdy.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "howdie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "howdy"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-03-12 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-03-01 using wiktextract (68773ab and 5f6ddbb). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.