dude

Etymology
, though likely a, perhaps with reference to the fashionable “Yankee Doodle dandy” in the 18th-century lyrics of the song “Yankee Doodle”; the word is first attested in 1883 as a New York City slang term of contempt for a “fastidious man, fop”. If so, then related to 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬.

It has also been suggested that the word is derived from dudes (“old rags”; compare ) and, or possibly related to ; It has also been suggested the word derives from the 🇨🇬.

The common claim that the term derives from (or is) a word for a camel's foreskin (or some other vulgar thing, like a hair on a cow, horse, donkey, or elephant's bottom) is false.

Noun

 * 1)  A man, generally a younger man.
 * 2) An inexperienced cowboy.
 * 3)  A tourist.
 * 4)  A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
 * 1) An inexperienced cowboy.
 * 2)  A tourist.
 * 3)  A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
 * 1) An inexperienced cowboy.
 * 2)  A tourist.
 * 3)  A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
 * 1) An inexperienced cowboy.
 * 2)  A tourist.
 * 3)  A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
 * 1)  A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
 * 1)  A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
 * 1)  A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
 * 1)  A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:man
 * See also Thesaurus:man
 * See also Thesaurus:man
 * See also Thesaurus:man

Derived terms

 * , dudess, dudette

Translations

 * Albanian: plako
 * Bulgarian: пич
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:, starut,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , , , , , jäpikäs, ,
 * French:, ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: חַבּוּבּ,
 * Hindi: बंदा
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Louisiana Creole French: boug
 * Pashto: مړه
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , , , , , , zią , gościara, kolesiówna, , , , ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:, ,  , , compay
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: Tol
 * Welsh: bachan, boi, dŵd


 * Armenian: ապե, ,
 * Bulgarian: пич
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Fijian: boso
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:, (rare),  (rare),  (very rare)
 * Galician: ,
 * German:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Louisiana Creole French: boug
 * Macedonian:, дру́же, бра́тко, бра́тче
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, , , ,, ,
 * Portuguese:,  ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Samoan:
 * Spanish:, ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,
 * Swedish: jao ,
 * Telugu:
 * Tongan:
 * Turkish: kakaş
 * Welsh: achan, boi, mêt, dŵd


 * Spanish:, ,

Interjection



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 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
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 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh:
 * Korean:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: tipule,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Latin:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese:

Verb

 * 1) To address someone as dude.
 * 2) To take a vacation in a dude ranch.
 * 3)  Usually followed by : to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.
 * 4) * 1994, Sydell I. Voeller, chapter 8, in Her Sister's Keeper, New York, N.Y.: Avalon Press, ISBN 978-0-8034-9063-5 ; republished Amherst Junction, Wis.: Hard Shell Word Factory, February 2002, ISBN 978-0-7599-0223-7, page 81:
 * "Speaking of being duded out …" He shrugged, then handed her the bag. "Here. This is for you." / She reached inside and gasped as she pulled out a white suede western style hat. A glittering gold braid encircled the brim. / "Oh, Zack! It's beautiful. Thank you."
 * 1) * 1990, Bob Gale & Robert Zemeckis, Back to the Future Part III, screenplay:
 * 2) * Buford Tannen: Especially not some duded-up egg-sucking piece of gutter trash!
 * 1)  Usually followed by : to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.
 * 2) * 1994, Sydell I. Voeller, chapter 8, in Her Sister's Keeper, New York, N.Y.: Avalon Press, ISBN 978-0-8034-9063-5 ; republished Amherst Junction, Wis.: Hard Shell Word Factory, February 2002, ISBN 978-0-7599-0223-7, page 81:
 * "Speaking of being duded out …" He shrugged, then handed her the bag. "Here. This is for you." / She reached inside and gasped as she pulled out a white suede western style hat. A glittering gold braid encircled the brim. / "Oh, Zack! It's beautiful. Thank you."
 * 1) * 1990, Bob Gale & Robert Zemeckis, Back to the Future Part III, screenplay:
 * 2) * Buford Tannen: Especially not some duded-up egg-sucking piece of gutter trash!
 * 1) * 1990, Bob Gale & Robert Zemeckis, Back to the Future Part III, screenplay:
 * 2) * Buford Tannen: Especially not some duded-up egg-sucking piece of gutter trash!

Verb

 * 1) did

Noun

 * 1) bagpipes (musical instrument)