dude

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈdjuːd/, /ˈduːd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dud, djud/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(do̅o̅d, dyo̅o̅d)

Inflections of 'dude' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
dudes
v 3rd person singular
duding
v pres p
duded
v past
duded
v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
dude /dud, dyud/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a man overly concerned with his clothes, grooming, and manners.
  2. Slang Termsa fellow:a cool dude.
  3. Dialect Terms[Western U.S.]a person from an Eastern city who vacations on a ranch.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
dude  (do̅o̅d, dyo̅o̅d),USA pronunciation n., v., dud•ed, dud•ing. 
n. 
  1. a man excessively concerned with his clothes, grooming, and manners.
  2. Slang Termsfellow;
    chap.
  3. a person reared in a large city.
  4. Dialect Terms[Western U.S.]an urban Easterner who vacations on a ranch.

v. 
  1. dude up, [Informal.]to dress in one's fanciest, best, or most stylish clothes;
    dress up:He got all duded up to go to the dance.
  • origin, originally uncertain 1880–85, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dude / duːd djuːd/
  1. a city dweller, esp one holidaying on a ranch
  2. a dandy
  3. a person: often used to any male in direct address
Etymology: 19th Century: of unknown originˈdudishˈdudishly
'dude' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: slang: dude, I love your [sneakers, glasses, car]!, slang: what's [up, wrong] dude?, slang: the dude in the [red shirt, overalls], more...

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