howdy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 15
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 5
/ˈhaʊdi/
Definition of howdy
4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
intj
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(US, informal, regional)An informal greeting.
“Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!”
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intj
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(US, informal, regional)An informal greeting.
“Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!”
verb
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(transitive)To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"
“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.”
noun
- (Scotland)A wife.
- (Scotland)A midwife.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Clipping of howdy-do, from how-d'ye-do (“how do you do”).
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