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dude

[dood, dyood] / dud, dyud /
NOUN
friend
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Antonyms
STRONGEST




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"Look at you rocking that moustache, dude," Armstrong says on a video call.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

A few steps later I met Nick Mato, another suited dude whose footwear initially looked promising but turned out to be from a competitor brand.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

“Now everyone knows where the rich dude that blocks public access lives,” Levy told commissioners, as the sun rose behind him.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s name was wrong, and the meme used a picture of some random dude to stand in for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

He pushed past the white dude and stood huge in the living room, looking all around until he turned and found me sitting on the couch.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña




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