Usually means: Informal term for a man.
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General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. dude: Merriam-Webster
  2. dude: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dude: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. dude: Collins English Dictionary
  5. dude: Vocabulary.com
  6. Dude, dude: Wordnik
  7. dude: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. dude: Wiktionary
  9. dude: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. dude: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. dude: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. dude: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. dude: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Dude (Looks Like a Lady), Dude (disambiguation), Dude (film), Dude (musical), Dude (song), Dude, The Dude (Devin the Dude album), The Dude (Quincy Jones album), The Dude (magazine), The Dude, The dude: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Dude: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. dude: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. dude: Rhymezone
  18. Dude: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. Dude: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. dude: FreeDictionary.org
  21. dude: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Dude: The Word Detective
  23. dude: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. Dude: World Wide Words
  25. dude: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. Dude, dude: Dictionary.com
  27. dude: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. dude: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. DUDE: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. dude: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bird On! (No longer online)

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. dude, dude, dude: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  3. Dude: 1960's Slang
  4. dude: ESL Slang page
  5. D.U.DE, Dude, dude, dude: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See duded as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (chiefly US, Canada, colloquial) A man, generally a younger man.
noun:  (colloquial, used in the vocative) A term of address for someone, typically a man, particularly when cautioning them or offering advice.
noun:  (slang) A tourist.
noun:  (archaic) A man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.
verb:  To address someone as dude.
verb:  To take a vacation in a dude ranch.
verb:  (US) Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.

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