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   Dude

   /do͞od/

   

   noun

   • 1. a man; a guy: "if some dude smacked me, I'd smack him back"
   • ▪ a stylish, fastidious man: "cool dudes"
   • ▪ a city-dweller, especially one vacationing on a ranch in the western US.

   verb

   • 1. dress up elaborately: "my brother was all duded up in silver and burgundy"

   Word Origin late 19th century (denoting a dandy): probably shortened from doodle, perhaps with allusion to Yankee Doodle Dandy.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dudish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   The meaning of DUDE is a man extremely fastidious in dress and manner : dandy. How to use dude in a sentence.

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   Dude definition: a man excessively concerned with his clothes, grooming, and manners.. See examples of DUDE used in a sentence.

4. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › dudeDude - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance. synonyms: beau, clotheshorse, dandy, fashion plate, fop, gallant, sheik, swell. see more. see less. examples: George Bryan Brummell. English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840) types: cockscomb, coxcomb.

5. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDUDE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   noun [ C ] slang us / dud / Add to word list. any man, or one who comes from a city and dresses in a stylish way. (Definition of dude from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of dude? Translations of dude. in Chinese (Traditional) 傢夥，小子… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 家伙，小子… See more.

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   Dude is American slang for an individual, typically male. From the 1870s to the 1960s, dude primarily meant a male person who dressed in an extremely fashionable manner (a dandy ) or a conspicuous citified person who was visiting a rural location, a "city slicker".

8. www.oed.com › dictionary › dude_ndude, n., adj., & int. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford ...

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   There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word dude. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Dude definition: An Easterner or city person who vacations on a ranch in the West.