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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?
dudishly
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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.
Recent Examples of dude from the Web
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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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After Tobey Maguire brought Marvel’s web-slinging dude to the silver screen in 2002 and Andrew Garfield put his spin on the comic-book hero in 2012, Tom Holland's version swings into theaters Thursday night in Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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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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Because apparently normal robes are just too ladylike for true dudes.
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Not so much considering most dudes don't wear thongs on the regular.
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Two hundred-something noes, one dude who laughed at us and walked away, and a smattering of yesses.
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Injuries slowed him down, but dude oozes potential.
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There are couples playing Battleship and board games and dudes playing cornhole.
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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
Recent Examples of dude from the Web
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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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