Judy

Proper noun (1)

Judy

1. A diminutive of the female given name Judith, also used as a formal female given name.
   • "Punch," said Judy,
     "You're looking moody."
     "Judy," said Punch,
     "I want my lunch."1931, Rose Fyleman, Punch and Judy
   • I've never met an old person named Judy. Now that's true. Maybe something happens to girls with young names like Debby, Judy, and Susie. At a certain age they make you change it to Doris, Edna, or Myrtle.1989, Judy Carter, Stand-up Comedy: A Book, Dell Publ., →ISBN, page 35

Noun

Judy (plural Judies)

1. (UK, slang, Liverpool) A girl or woman.
   • Then I ring the bell at this door marked Slocum, and who appears but a tall young Judy with black hair who is without doubt beautiful, but who is so skinny we have to look twice to see her […]1937, Damon Runyon, A Piece of Pie
   • To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?1959, Frank Clune, Murders on Maunga-tapu, page 10
2. Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genus Abisara.

Proper noun (2)

Judy

1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. (rare) A male given name from Hebrew.

Interjection

1. Aircrew has radar/visual contact on the correct target, has taken control of the intercept, and only requires situation awareness information.