dudeing

Verb

dude (third-person singular simple present dudes, present participle dudeing or duding, simple past and past participle duded)

1. To address someone as dude.
   • "Where you been, Mac? I missed you! Dude—I mean, man," she corrects hastily, with a gamine grin, before I can make good on a threat I made in what feels like another lifetime that I would call her by her full name if she ever "duded" me again. […] Oh, yes, she's upset. She just unapologetically...2011, Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever (The Fever Series; 5), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN
2. To take a vacation in a dude ranch.
   • The Old Hearst Ranch […] is one of the West's largest and most elaborate dude ranches and includes over 500 acres of woodland trails. There's "dudeing" with all the trimmings, excellent food and rooms at the lodge or individual cabanas.1949, Fortnight: The Newsmagazine of California, [Los Angeles, Calif.]: O.D. Keep Associates, →OCLC, page 22, column 3
3. (US) Usually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.
   • It seemed that the fellas couldn't get enough girlin' and racing fast cars and grooving to rock and dudeing around in city-slick suits from St. Louis.1980, John G. Mitchell, The Hunt, New York, N.Y.: Knopf, →ISBN, page 229

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