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plural buddies
A friend or casual acquaintance. quotations examples
He told us we ought to think of Jesus as our buddy and all. He said he talked to Jesus all the time. Even when he was driving his car. That killed me.
1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Little, Brown and Company, page 23
A partner for a particular activity. examples
An informal and friendly address to a stranger, usually male; a friendly (or occasionally antagonistic) placeholder name for a person one does not know. examples
(In Maritime English) A person far removed from the conversation. examples
third-person singular simple present buddies, present participle buddying, simple past and past participle buddied
(transitive) To assign a buddy, or partner, to. quotations examples
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.
2007, Philip Briggs, Danny Edmunds, Mozambique: The Bradt Travel Guide, page 86
comparative more buddy, superlative most buddy
Resembling a bud. quotations examples
Some of the dwarfer varieties are full of buddy growths in the early stages and these must be cut down and thrown away.
1963, John Herbert Goddard, Chrysanthemum Growers' Treasury, page 18