howdy
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhaʊdi/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -aʊdi
Etymology 1
Clipping of how-d'ye-(do) (“how do you do”).
Interjection
howdy
- (chiefly Texas, informal) An informal greeting.
- Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: odi
Translations
hi — see hi
Verb
howdy (third-person singular simple present howdies, present participle howdying, simple past and past participle howdied)
- (transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"
- 2016, Brynn Bonner, Dead in a Flash, page 249:
- 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.
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
howdy (plural howdies)