Judy

American  

[joo-dee] / ˈdʒu di /

noun

1. the wife of Punch in the puppet show called Punch and Judy.

2. Also Judie. a female given name, form of Judith.

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Judy British  

/ ˈdʒuːdɪ /

noun

1. the wife of Punch in the children's puppet show Punch and Judy See Punch

2. slang (often not capital) a girl or woman

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Example Sentences

Judy Pace, a pathbreaking model and star of “blaxploitation” films who appeared in television shows through the 1960s and ’70s and the hit made-for-TV movie “Brian’s Song,” died last week at age 83.

From Los Angeles Times

Berlin at war, how the brain makes time, Judy Blume’s real talk for young readers and more.

From The Wall Street Journal

Judy Blume offered stories to young readers in the 1970s that addressed life’s mysteries with honesty.

From The Wall Street Journal

In 2023 the film adaptation of Judy Blume’s coming-of-age classic “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” flopped at the box office.

From The Wall Street Journal

But in Mark Oppenheimer’s “Judy Blume: A Life,” her meteoric rise appears fueled by a confluence of fortune that would have been unlikely at any other moment.

From The Wall Street Journal