buddying
SayBUD-ee-ing/ˈbʌd.i.ɪŋ/
- 1Present participle of buddy.
The charity is buddying volunteers with isolated elderly residents across the city.
Managers began buddying recent hires with experienced staff during the first week.
Note
The -ing form of a verb made from the noun for a partner: to buddy someone is to give them one. The verb is transitive, so it takes the person being paired as its object, and with usually introduces the partner (buddying new hires with experienced staff). As a gerund it names the pairing practice itself. It has nothing to do with the adjective buddy, 'resembling a bud'.
buddying is a form of buddy
buddy, verb: To assign a partner to someone for a particular activity. Full entry
- Spelling
- buddy → buddying: add -ing
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