# dudes

Pronunciation: say "DOODZ" /duːdz/

## Noun

1. Plural of dude. — plural of dude
   - Simple: Plural of dude. Use it for more than one guy, or when talking to a group.
   - _A couple of dudes from the gym helped us carry the couch upstairs._
   - _The old cowhands grinned as the dudes from the city struggled to saddle their horses._
2. Any group of people taken together, whatever their gender. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Any group of people together, no matter what their gender is.
   - _"Sorry, dudes, the pool closes in ten minutes," the lifeguard called to the moms and kids still in the water._
   - _My sister and her roommates are really chill dudes, so you'll fit right in._

## Verb

3. Third-person singular simple present of dude. — third-person singular simple present indicative of dude
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of dude. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _Grandpa dudes up in a bolo tie and pressed jeans every Sunday._
   - _My roommate dudes everyone from the barista to his own professors._

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