howdy

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhaʊdi/

Interjection

1. (informal) An informal greeting.

   Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!

Noun

howdy (plural howdies)

1. (Scotland) A wife, a midwife.

Verb

howdy (howdies, present participle howdying; past and past participle howdied)

1. (transitive) To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"
   • 2016, Brynn Bonner, Dead in a Flash (page 249)

     I stood up for the kid and it got ugly, with accusations being thrown in both directions. So the sheriff and I weren't exactly on howdying terms when that fire happened.

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