buddy-buddy

adjective

Very friendly or expressing close familiarity with someone.

“They're over there being all buddy-buddy with one another.”

Meanings

adjectivebuddy-buddy (comparative more buddy-buddy, superlative most buddy-buddy)

comparative more buddy-buddy · superlative most buddy-buddy · alternative buddy buddy

  1. derogatoryinformalVery friendly or expressing close familiarity with someone.

    They're over there being all buddy-buddy with one another.

    1 more example

    I can personally imagine a scenario where, within a year, President Trump is on buddy-buddy terms again with Mexico. But you cannot unsee what happened over the last 48 hours.

    2025 February 3, Tom Phillips, Richard Partington, quoting Brian Winter, “Trump agrees to pause Mexico tariffs as shares tumble over trade war fears”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
nounbuddy-buddy (plural buddy-buddies)

plural buddy-buddies · alternative buddy buddy

  1. derogatoryinformalA close male friend.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjective(used informally) associated on close terms

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

A reduplication of buddy, referring to a mutual friendship.

Full word history & related roots →
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APA

buddy-buddy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buddy-buddy

MLA

“buddy-buddy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buddy-buddy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “buddy-buddy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/buddy-buddy.

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