buddy-buddy


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bud·dy-bud·dy

 (bŭd′ē-bŭd′ē)
adj. Informal
Showing or marked by great outward friendship.
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buddy-buddy

adj
informal chiefly US on friendly or intimate terms
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bud′dy-bud′dy



adj. Informal.
very friendly or intimate.
[1960–65]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.buddy-buddy - (used informally) associated on close terms; "a close friend"; "the bartender was chummy with the regular customers"; "the two were thick as thieves for months"
chummy, thick
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
close - close in relevance or relationship; "a close family"; "we are all...in close sympathy with..."; "close kin"; "a close resemblance"
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buddy-buddy

adj (US inf) to be buddy-buddy with somebody → mit jdm dick befreundet sein (inf); to try to get buddy-buddy with somebody → sich bei jdm anbiedern
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