Buddy

Noun

 * 1) A friend or casual acquaintance.
 * They have been buddies since they were in school.
 * 1) A partner for a particular activity.
 * drinking buddies
 * 1) 🇺🇸 An informal and friendly address to a stranger; a friendly placeholder name for a person one does not know.
 * Hey, buddy, I think you dropped this.

Synonyms

 * : mate
 * : mate

Derived terms

 * buddy store
 * buddy system
 * buddy up
 * Buddyroll

Verb

 * 1) To assign a buddy, or partner.

Thesaurus
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