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Rudys

Rudys is the plural of Rudy.

Meaning of Rudy

Noun (1)

Rudy (plural Rudys)

  1. (UK, historical, slang) A rude boy; a member of a Jamaican street gang in the 1960s and 70s.
    • Stop your running around / Making problems in town / Rudy, a message to you, Rudy1967, Dandy Livingstone, “A Message to You Rudy”

Noun (2)

Rudy (plural Rudy's)

  1. An inspiring competitor, usually an athlete, who perseveres despite tall odds.
    • "For me, I didn't want to leave the area, because [by now] I was playing sports, and I was heavily involved in the community. Everybody knew me as 'the overachiever'. I was the 'Rudy' of my high school [really]. I was never the best athlete - I was just a kid with a big heart that would never give...2025, Guy Evans, BEYOND NITRO: Untold Stories from the WCW era

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Questions about Rudys

What is Rudys the plural of?
Rudys is the plural of Rudy.

Words near Rudys in the dictionary

  1. rudsters
  2. rudstone
  3. rudstones
  4. rudy
  5. Rudyard
  6. Rudys
  7. Rudzinski
  8. Rudzinskis
  9. Rudăreasa
  10. rue
  11. rue anemone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Rudys (page history and authors); Rudy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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