\ ˈdüd 
also ˈdyüd \
also ˈdyüd \Definition of dude
(Entry 1 of 2)
1 : a man extremely fastidious in dress and manner : dandy
2 : a city dweller unfamiliar with life on the range (see range entry 1 sense 3b) especially : an Easterner in the West
dude
verbduded; duding
Definition of dude (Entry 2 of 2)
: dress up —usually used with upgot duded up for the dance
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Other Words from dude
Noun
dudish \ ˈd(y)üd-ish \ adjective
\ adjectivedudishly adverb
Synonyms for dude
Synonyms: Noun
- beau,
- Beau Brummell,
- buck,
- dandy,
- fop,
- gallant,
- jay,
- lounge lizard,
- macaroni,
- pretty boy
Examples of dude in a Sentence
Noun
a dude given to sporting expensive suits and flashy jewelry
OK, dude, whatever you say.
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Then this huge dude lumbers in and gets in my lane.
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Washington Post, "How Eve 6’s Twitter account became its own strange form of art," 5 Jan. 2021 It’s the paradigmatic Fincher movie, a gut punch delivered by a dude in a baseball cap.
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New York Times, "David Fincher, the Unhappiest Auteur," 1 Jan. 2021 In 2020, Isbell continued to reshape expectations of how and what a white Alabama dude with a Les Paul could be as an actual person.
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Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, "Here are Alabama’s 2020 Entertainers of the Year," 31 Dec. 2020 Nothing says office holiday party like a dude planted on the Xerox machine with his pants down, photocopying his butt.
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Deborah Vankin Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "Tipsy co-workers, ugly sweaters: The all-too-real office holiday party at LACMA," 21 Nov. 2020 Yes, there are some easy-to-sympathize-with action sequences where our hero(?), columnist Femke Boot (Katja Herbers, Westworld), ends up ripping a finger off some thoughtless idiotic dude.
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Ars Staff, Ars Technica, "The 15 best films of a bizarre (and probably historic) year for film," 19 Dec. 2020 Still, that’s no reason for some dude named Gus Edwards to finish with 101 yards on seven carries.
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Dallas News, "10 truths from the Cowboys’ loss: Dallas has to make somebody a scapegoat this offseason," 9 Dec. 2020 The dude got a one-on-one date — so producers would either have to cut the date completely and explain Eazy’s absence next week or leave the date in.
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, "The Bachelorette recap: Naked truths," 2 Dec. 2020 One of the doors started to open up and some dude was trapped between the door and the handrail.
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Troy L. Smith, cleveland, "Led Zeppelin, the magic of Richfield Coliseum and the creation of ‘Destroyer’," 11 Dec. 2020 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb By the 1980s llamas had become staple attractions at petting zoos, fairs, dude ranches and private parties.
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Popular Science, "Llamas are hotter than ever. Here’s why.," 21 Dec. 2020 By the 1980s llamas had become staple attractions at petting zoos, fairs, dude ranches and private parties.
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Popular Science, "Llamas are hotter than ever. Here’s why.," 21 Dec. 2020 By the 1980s llamas had become staple attractions at petting zoos, fairs, dude ranches and private parties.
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Emily Wakild, The Conversation, "Llamas are having a moment in the US, but they’ve been icons in South America for millennia," 18 Dec. 2020 Really, dude who the producers convinced to give another contestant a present?
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Lia Beck, refinery29.com, "The Bachelorette Season 16, Episode 9 Recap: What’s In The Box?," 9 Dec. 2020 The Birmingham via Huntsville duo wraps fire-bomb subversion in radio-kiss melody and whoa-dude raw-power.
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Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, "Next wave Alabama musicians: An angry band for angry times," 18 Sep. 2020 For the record, the 1922 scene introducing Satchmo was shot at Preservation Hall — which was founded in 1961, but never mind, dude.
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Mike Scott, NOLA.com, "New Orleans-shot ‘Bill & Ted Face the Music’ an off-key retread of the goofy comedy series," 1 Sep. 2020 Indiana dude ascending the music-biz at dizzying speed.
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Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, "Blind Melon documentary’s Alabama record store tie-in," 6 July 2020
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dude
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of dude
chiefly US slang : a man
See the full definition for dude in the English Language Learners Dictionary
dude
noun\ ˈdüd , ˈdyüd \
, ˈdyüd \Kids Definition of dude
1 : a person from the eastern United States in the West
2 : man entry 1 sense 1, guy
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