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How to use dude in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, interjection, verb

Dude means a man, generally a younger man. Example: “So we were at the mall and these two dudes just walk up to us and say "hi".”

Examples of dude by meaning

nounA man, generally a younger man.

  • So we were at the mall and these two dudes just walk up to us and say "hi".
  • Dudeism doesn't recognize "dude" as a gender-specific word.2016, Oliver Benjamin, “Additional Notes from the Author”, in The Dude De Ching, new annotated edition, [s.l.]: Abide University Press...

nounA term of address for someone, often but not exclusively a man, particularly when hailing, cautioning them or offering...

  • Hey, dude, how's it going?
  • Dude, I'd be careful around the principal; he's having a bad day.
  • Watch it, dude; you almost knocked me over.

nounA tourist.

  • Dudes are at least as entertaining as cows, even when they don't mean to be.2006 July–August, J. P. S. Brown, “Hard to Replace: Bill Scott Knows the Value of a Good Horse, a Good Customer, and a Way of Life”, in...
  • "Dude" was originally a name for ranch vacationers with no disrespect attached, but it later became derisively associated with clueless easterners who knew nothing of Western ways, as portrayed by Bob Hope in Son of Paleface (1952).2014, Jeremy Agnew, “The Image Persists”, in The Creation of the Cowboy Hero: Fiction, Film and Fact, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company...

nounA man who is very concerned about his dress and appearance; a dandy, a fop.

  • He is the dandy or dude: the wealthy waster who makes a weak villain for so many American novels.1926, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, “The Curse of the Golden Cross”, in The Incredulity of Father Brown

interjectionA term of address, usually for a man, conveying awe, excitement, surprise, annoyance, etc.

  • Dude! You finally called!

verbTo address someone as dude.

  • She just unapologetically "duded" me.2011, Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever (The Fever Series; 5), New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN
  • The other two guys with him burst into laughter, dudeing and high-fiving like mad.2013, Maurene Goo, Since You Asked …, New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Press, →ISBN

verbTo take a vacation in a dude ranch.

  • 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
  • I am certainly interested in this "dude community" business just because I have tried it in the slightest kind of way.2001, Janice Sanford Beck, “Tepee Life in the Northern Hills (1924)”, in No Ordinary Woman: The Story of Mary Schäffer Warren, Surrey...

verbUsually followed by up: to dress up, to wear smart or special clothes.

  • Buford Tannen: Especially not some duded-up egg-sucking piece of gutter trash!
  • 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.1980, John G. Mitchell, The Hunt, New York, N.Y.: Knopf, →ISBN, page 229
  • "Ol' Clint's all duded up, too," Cully announced as Savannah opened the door to the only Culhane she had eyes for.1998, Victoria Pade, Cowboy's Love (Silhouette Special Edition; 1159), New York, N.Y.: Silhouette Books, →ISBN

More sentences with dude

  • The bouncer was a big, buff dude with tattoos, a shaved head, and a serious scowl.From the entry buff
  • Dude, you drive a beat car like that and you ain’t gonna get no honeys.From the entry beat
  • I don't think Dave would have done that. He's a solid dude.From the entry solid
  • Dude, your car is a deathtrap! Get the brakes and the steering fixed.From the entry deathtrap
  • Dude, get with the program! We don't do casual Fridays any more.From the entry get with the program
  • Dude, your girlfriend left you for your brother? That's jacked up.From the entry jacked up
  • Dude, I helluv want to go to the show with you, but I'm soooo grounded.From the entry helluv
  • Dude dat man just hit dem folks, and it was so fye m8.From the entry fye
  • The dude who's topfragging right now is actually going beast mode, like bro's insanely locked in.From the entry beast mode
  • One time, this Mexican dude called me a cool arrow! Ain't that something?From the entry cool arrow
  • That dude just alpha-ed up on this police officer by shoulder checking him. Insane!From the entry alpha up
  • Dude, quit thinking about it so much. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.From the entry sometimes a cigar is just a cigar
  • Dude, can you stop talking about boymilk? You always bring it up!From the entry boymilk
  • Your new hat's an absolute laugh, dude.From the entry laugh
  • Wow, dude, those are some clean shoes ya got there!From the entry clean
  • Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.From the entry tool
  • Hey dude, can I crash at your pad?From the entry crash
  • Dude, this car's got a sick subwoofer!From the entry sick
  • Dude, I just need 3 more credits to graduate – I can take socio-linguistics of Swahili if I want.From the entry credit
  • If there's beer, dude, you don't even gotta ask.From the entry gotta
  • That dude playing guitar is a monster.From the entry monster
  • Nice transportation, dude, but your brake lights are busted.From the entry transportation
  • Wow, dude! You've really let yourself go this time!From the entry let go
  • The circus is coming to town? Rock on, dude!From the entry rock on

Meaning of dude

  1. noun A man, generally a younger man.
  2. noun A term of address for someone, often but not exclusively a man, particularly when hailing, cautioning them or offering advice.
  3. noun A tourist.

Full definition of dude

Questions about dude in a sentence

How do you use dude in a sentence?
Dude is used as a noun, interjection and verb. For example: “So we were at the mall and these two dudes just walk up to us and say "hi".”
What is a short sentence with dude?
“Dude! You finally called!”
What does dude mean?
Dude means a man, generally a younger man.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dude (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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