Definition of dude
1 : a man extremely fastidious in dress and manner : dandy
2 : a city dweller unfamiliar with life on the range (see 1range 3b); especially : an Easterner in the West
3 : fellow, guy The other girls in the program never go out, so I always find myself out with dudes from my program. — Cosmopolitan —sometimes used informally as a term of address Hey, dude, what's up?
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Examples of dude in a Sentence
a dude given to sporting expensive suits and flashy jewelry
OK, dude, whatever you say.
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Three dudes were pulled over after troopers caught them traveling over 113-mph in a Ford Mustang in Taylor County, according to the Florida Highway Patrol, reports the Tallahassee Democrat.
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Now, just as our patience with dudes mansplaining periods was running out, male Twitter user @goldenconceptng is claiming that period pain is—ready for this?—a figment of our collective imagination.
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On a Saturday morning the park is a hive of activity: cute families strolling with expensive dogs, scruffy-hot dudes with their girlfriends who somehow make platform sneakers seem like a good idea, old people already napping on park benches.
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But a new study actually has something serious to say about the typical dude's favorite shower activity: Masturbating frequently could significantly reduce a man's risk of prostate cancer.
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There was that whole scene where [Yara] is going to become the king, and then this random dude shows up out of nowhere and everyone is like, ‘
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Some dude named Joe Ingles signed a four-year, $52 million deal with the Utah Jazz.
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Come spend time with your daughter instead of f*cking me and then this dude right after.
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The dude-with-a-tude’s impact spawned all sorts of offbeat video game characters, from Crash Bandicoot and Earthworm Jim to Bubsy, Conker the Squirrel and Rayman.
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Origin and Etymology of dude
origin unknown
dude
Definition of dude
duded
;duding
transitive verb
: dress up —usually used with up got duded up for the dance
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At first glance, Wyoming's feminist history isn't obvious (see: dude ranch).
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Origin and Etymology of dude
noun derivative of 1dude
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