buddy
noun
comrade or chum (often used as a term of address).
buddied
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past participleof buddy.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof buddy.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
buddynouncomrade or chum (often used as a term of address).
Example Sentences
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While his daughter and her friend were “bopping away” to every song, Grant said, he buddied up with Swift’s boyfriend, NFL tight end Travis Kelce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
But after Eden’s death, Danielle finds out that her daughter had buddied up to some of the local high school students by throwing parties when her employers were away.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2023
A 12-year-old girl who has just recovered from leukaemia has been buddied with a West End star through Momentum Children's Charity.
From BBC ● Mar. 21, 2022
Ministers’ aides were buddied up and told to get to grips with a different department so they could shadow each other if another fell sick.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2021
Today, parents are just one click away: buddied up on Facebook, logging on to Tumblr, peering over cryptic text messages and trying to get a glimpse of Snapchat images before they dissolve into the ether.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2013
