How do you use the word "buddy" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "buddy": Tom is my buddy. I feel your pain, buddy.

Buddy Meaning

/ˈbʌdi/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA friend or casual acquaintance.

nounA partner for a particular activity.

Sentence Examples

Tom is my buddy.

I feel your pain, buddy.

An old college buddy of mine

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

brother chum crony

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Since first grade, Tom has been my closest friend, or ____, and we do everything together still.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He is my best ____, and we have known each other since we were small.

Word Origin & History

First appears c. 1788, in the writings of Charles Dibdin, of uncertain origin. Possibly from *bruddy, *bruthy, a child-talk alteration of brother. Alternatively, perhaps from British colloquial butty (“companion”), also the form of an older dialect term meaning workmate, associated with coal mining. Itself believed derived from 1530 as booty fellow, a partner with whom one shares booty or loot. Alternatively, compare Scots buddo, bodda (“buddy, kiddo, dear”), related to Icelandic budda (“purse"; also "short, stout person”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"He told us we ought to think of Jesus as our buddy and all. He said he talked to Jesus all the time. Even when he was driving his car. That killed me." — 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 23:

"If you are being formally buddied, have a good chat with your buddy and find out their interests -- these should more or less match your own." — 2007, Philip Briggs, Danny Edmunds, Mozambique: The Bradt Travel Guide, →ISBN, page 86:

"Some of the dwarfer varieties are full of buddy growths in the early stages and these must be cut down and thrown away." — 1963, John Herbert Goddard, Chrysanthemum Growers' Treasury, page 18:

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