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dude

[dood, dyood]

noun

  1. a man excessively concerned with his clothes, grooming, and manners.

  2. Slang

    1. a fellow; chap.

    2. (a general term of address used to a man, woman, or group).

  3. a person reared in a large city.

  4. Western U.S.an urban Easterner who vacations on a ranch.



interjection

  1. Slang(an expression of shock, approval, sympathy, or other strong feeling).

    Dude! That's one expensive sandwich!

verb phrase

  1. Slangto dress in one's fanciest, best, or most stylish clothes; dress up.

    He got all duded up to go to the dance.

dude

/ duːd, djuːd /

noun

  1. a city dweller, esp one holidaying on a ranch

  2. a dandy

  3. a person: often used to any male in direct address

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dude1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; origin uncertain
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dude1

C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences

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And yet there is little doubt that these dudes have sucked millions of Americans into validating their delusion self-regard.

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It’s a heartening, humanistic thesis that even a rather dull dude like Chuck has an inner life that rivals “The Iliad.”

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A few years later, Henson and his wife, Gayle, opened a dude ranch in Santa Barbara County called, in a stroke of eventual marketing serendipity, Hidden Valley Ranch.

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His exhausting trade war with China has accomplished nothing, except to convince Xi’s unappetizing but highly rational regime that negotiating with this dude is pointless.

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Adam Smith was a cool dude who had great ideas.

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