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rudie

rudie noun: a juvenile delinquent.

Noun

rudie (plural rudies)

  1. (Jamaica, slang) A 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

Proper noun capitalized: Rudie

Rudie (plural Rudies)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of rudie

Noun
pluralrudies
Proper noun
pluralRudies

Origin of rudie

From rudeboy + -ie.

Perhaps an Americanized spelling of German Rude or Rudi.

Questions about rudie

What does rudie mean?
Rudie means a juvenile delinquent.
What part of speech is rudie?
Rudie can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of rudie?
The plural of rudie is rudies.

Words near rudie in the dictionary

  1. Rudgwick
  2. Rudheath
  3. RUDI
  4. Rudick
  5. Rudicks
  6. rudie
  7. rudies
  8. Rudiger syndrome
  9. rudiment
  10. rudimental
  11. rudimentally

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