# buddies

Pronunciation: say "BUD-eez" /ˈbʌdiz/

## Noun

1. Plural of buddy. — plural of buddy
   - Simple: Plural of buddy. Use this form when you mean more than one buddy.
   - _He went fishing with a couple of old buddies from college._
   - _The soldiers leaned on their buddies during the hardest stretches of the deployment._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of buddy. — third-person singular simple present indicative of buddy
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of buddy. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The instructor buddies each beginner with an experienced swimmer before the lesson starts._
   - _Whenever a new hire arrives, she buddies them with a seasoned mentor._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/buddies (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).