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   dude

   /do͞od/

   noun

   • 1. a man; a guy: "if some dude smacked me, I'd smack him back"
   • ▪ a stylish, fastidious man: "cool dudes"
   • ▪ a city-dweller, especially one vacationing on a ranch in the western US.

   verb

   • 1. dress up elaborately: "my brother was all duded up in silver and burgundy"

   Word Origin late 19th century (denoting a dandy): probably shortened from doodle, perhaps with allusion to Yankee Doodle Dandy.

   Derivatives

   • 1. dudish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 6

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