buddied; buddying
: to become friendly
—usually used with up or with
: featuring a friendship or partnership between the two main usually male characters
a buddy movie
Synonyms
Examples of buddy in a Sentence
Noun
His fishing buddy just bought a new boat.
my old college buddy is the one person I can always turn to
Recent Examples on the Web
Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Now, there are more than 2,000 dive buddies who are trained to help those with various disabilities.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Bomer and DeKay make for a charming pair, and each comes with a best friend who adds to the fun; Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiessen) is Peter’s wife who adores Neal, and Mozzie (the late, great Willie Garson) is Neal’s criminal buddy who loathes law enforcement.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2024
And after a 24-hour pack out with two buddies that included an emergency overnight stop with no water or food (besides sheep meat), Dahlke can attest that the only difference between a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep ewe hunt and a ram hunt is the mount on his wall.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
His youngest — a smart, funny, loves-to-sing, light-up-a-room kind of kid — was his fishing and camping buddy.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
Lou, conversely, was the toast of the town: an institution-building entrepreneur and voluble drinking buddy known for wearing loud turtlenecks, cracking ribald jokes and eating like a barn animal.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Yes, Mayo and his Lawrence buddies followed KU during their grade and high school years.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
Yet his monologue wasn’t only that: While Youssef’s comments about Palestine were clearly heartfelt and genuine, that anecdote ends with a joke about his buddy Brian’s dog.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2024
Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2016
Only Jack Harlow and Dua Lipa buddy up at Variety's Hitmakers Brunch, presented by IHG Hotels and Resorts, at Studio 13 at City Market Social House on Dec. 3 in Los Angeles.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2022
To mark its inclusion, Harry agreed to buddy up with Tokyo Paralympics silver medalist Thomas Schmidberger for a round of doubles back in April.
—Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Nov. 2022
The chance to buddy up with some of the best in the game is another opportunity first-time All-Stars should not overlook, Bieber said.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 18 July 2022
Our lives will never be the same without you buddy.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE.com, 4 July 2022
Tweens and teens can buddy up at Edge and Vibe, respectively, two chic hangouts with activities curated specifically for them.
—Brie Schwartz, Woman's Day, 11 May 2022
To mark its inclusion, Harry agreed to buddy up with 2021 Tokyo Paralympics silver medalist Thomas Schmidberger for a round of doubles.
—Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Apr. 2022
His political opponents are aghast that a former human-rights lawyer, imprisoned as a student activist for opposing South Korea’s own military dictatorship, could buddy up to a man like Kim.
—Time, 23 June 2021
Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2022
No current quarterback can match the power runs of Allen, the Padres fan whose buddy Trevor Hoffman married a Bills cheerleader.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2022
There may never be another buddy comedy pair with chemistry like John Cho and Kal Penn.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
It’s a buddy movie where the buddies can also go their separate ways.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Aug. 2022
Blockbuster adopts that formula but also adapts it; through Percy, in particular, Blockbuster becomes not just a workplace comedy but also a family comedy and a buddy comedy.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2022
Since Brett Favre arrived in 1992, the Packers have 78 more wins than the Bears … With last Monday’s win, Kyle Shanahan has won seven straight regular-season meetings over his buddy Sean McVay of the Rams.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
Post-apocalyptic survival meets the anxious buddy humor of Humpday in Biosphere, a mysterious and hilarious pic that really can’t be discussed much without saying things a prospective viewer would be better off not hearing.
—John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2022
His friend, Tim Pyles, reached out to his buddy Brian Witkin, head of Pacific Records in San Diego, who made the connection with Gibbons.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
Noun
One of his buddies lived on the next ridge over, a forty-minute walk or a two-minute flight.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
Now, there are more than 2,000 dive buddies who are trained to help those with various disabilities.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Bomer and DeKay make for a charming pair, and each comes with a best friend who adds to the fun; Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiessen) is Peter’s wife who adores Neal, and Mozzie (the late, great Willie Garson) is Neal’s criminal buddy who loathes law enforcement.
—Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2024
And after a 24-hour pack out with two buddies that included an emergency overnight stop with no water or food (besides sheep meat), Dahlke can attest that the only difference between a Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep ewe hunt and a ram hunt is the mount on his wall.
—Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 11 Apr. 2024
His youngest — a smart, funny, loves-to-sing, light-up-a-room kind of kid — was his fishing and camping buddy.
—Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2024
Lou, conversely, was the toast of the town: an institution-building entrepreneur and voluble drinking buddy known for wearing loud turtlenecks, cracking ribald jokes and eating like a barn animal.
—Alex Traub, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2024
Yes, Mayo and his Lawrence buddies followed KU during their grade and high school years.
—Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 2 Apr. 2024
Yet his monologue wasn’t only that: While Youssef’s comments about Palestine were clearly heartfelt and genuine, that anecdote ends with a joke about his buddy Brian’s dog.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2024
Verb
Some young fish like to buddy up with stinging jellies to stay safe from predators.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 6 July 2016
Only Jack Harlow and Dua Lipa buddy up at Variety's Hitmakers Brunch, presented by IHG Hotels and Resorts, at Studio 13 at City Market Social House on Dec. 3 in Los Angeles.
—People Staff, Peoplemag, 9 Dec. 2022
To mark its inclusion, Harry agreed to buddy up with Tokyo Paralympics silver medalist Thomas Schmidberger for a round of doubles back in April.
—Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Nov. 2022
The chance to buddy up with some of the best in the game is another opportunity first-time All-Stars should not overlook, Bieber said.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 18 July 2022
Our lives will never be the same without you buddy.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE.com, 4 July 2022
Tweens and teens can buddy up at Edge and Vibe, respectively, two chic hangouts with activities curated specifically for them.
—Brie Schwartz, Woman's Day, 11 May 2022
To mark its inclusion, Harry agreed to buddy up with 2021 Tokyo Paralympics silver medalist Thomas Schmidberger for a round of doubles.
—Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Apr. 2022
His political opponents are aghast that a former human-rights lawyer, imprisoned as a student activist for opposing South Korea’s own military dictatorship, could buddy up to a man like Kim.
—Time, 23 June 2021
Adjective
Swift shared a smile with buddy Blake Shelton backstage at the 2007 CMT Awards.
—Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2022
No current quarterback can match the power runs of Allen, the Padres fan whose buddy Trevor Hoffman married a Bills cheerleader.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2022
There may never be another buddy comedy pair with chemistry like John Cho and Kal Penn.
—Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
It’s a buddy movie where the buddies can also go their separate ways.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 20 Aug. 2022
Blockbuster adopts that formula but also adapts it; through Percy, in particular, Blockbuster becomes not just a workplace comedy but also a family comedy and a buddy comedy.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2022
Since Brett Favre arrived in 1992, the Packers have 78 more wins than the Bears … With last Monday’s win, Kyle Shanahan has won seven straight regular-season meetings over his buddy Sean McVay of the Rams.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
Post-apocalyptic survival meets the anxious buddy humor of Humpday in Biosphere, a mysterious and hilarious pic that really can’t be discussed much without saying things a prospective viewer would be better off not hearing.
—John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2022
His friend, Tim Pyles, reached out to his buddy Brian Witkin, head of Pacific Records in San Diego, who made the connection with Gibbons.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
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“Buddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buddy. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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