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buddy

noun

ˈbə-dē

Definition of buddy

as in friend

a person who has a strong liking for and trust in another my old college buddy is the one person I can always turn to

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Recent Examples of buddy In high school, Messick and his buddies would gather in one of their backyard pools, order pizza and watch the All-Star week festivities. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 There was this book called Blood Will Out that our buddy Walter Kirn wrote. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026 Cotrufo was at his first concert, having come down from Burbank with his buddy Dave Fogerson, whose dad drove and chaperoned. — Wes Orshoski, SPIN, 20 Aug. 2026 Brian Wilson wrote the song in 1963 with his buddy Bob Norberg, and the band cut a version that year during the Surfer Girl sessions that eventually leaked out to bootleggers. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for buddy

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Her Steel Magnolias costars Julia Roberts, Shirley MacLaine and Sally Field also penned emotional tributes, as well as her friends Jane Fonda, Carol Burnett and Billy Ray Cyrus.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
The first is something Panthea Parker, a headache become corporeal, brings up at a jewelry event hosted by her friend Queenie.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of friend

Noun

The new movie follows a benevolent ex-pilot named Hig (Jacob Elordi) who, after losing his wife during a catastrophic global pandemic, lives out in the wilderness with his dog, Jasper, and ornery isolationist pal Bangley (Josh Brolin).

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Only three opponents won more than seven games last year, and Maryland hosts old pal James Franklin and Virginia Tech in nonconference action.

— Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of pal

Noun

Cohen would later act as Sun’s protector and confidant through the years of the Chinese Revolution.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Rebecca seems sinister but is also tantalizing, especially to Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie), a shy secretary who becomes Rebecca’s… confidant?

— Chris Bellamy, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of confidant

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