howdy

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English

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhaʊdi/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊdi

Etymology 1

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Shortened form of "how d'ye (do)" (i.e. how do you do).

Interjection

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howdy

  1. (chiefly Texas, informal) An informal greeting.
    Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Sranan Tongo: odi
Translations
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Verb

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howdy (third-person singular simple present howdies, present participle howdying, simple past and past participle howdied)

  1. (transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"
    • 2016, Brynn Bonner, Dead in a Flash, page 249:
      I stood up for the kid and it got ugly, with accusations being thrown in both directions. So the sheriff and I weren't exactly on howdying terms when that fire happened.

Etymology 2

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Unknown

Noun

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howdy (plural howdies)

  1. (Scotland) A wife.
  2. (Scotland) A midwife.