rudie

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noun

A juvenile delinquent.

OriginGerman Rude →
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Meanings

rudie1

nounrudie (plural rudies)

plural rudies

  1. JamaicaslangA juvenile delinquent.

    He thinking surely a boy wearing glasses can't be a rudie.

    2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 66

Rudie2

proper nounRudie (plural Rudies)

plural Rudies

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

rudie · noun

From rudeboy + -ie.

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Rudie · proper noun

  1. GermanRude
  2. EnglishRudie

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Rude or Rudi.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

rudie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rudie

MLA

“rudie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rudie. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rudie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rudie.

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