howdy
InterjektionVerbSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈhaʊdi//
An informal greeting.
Interjektion
- 1
umgangssprachlichAn informal greeting.
Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!
Herkunft
Clipping of howdy-do, from how-d'ye-do (“how do you do”).
Verb
- 1
To greet informally, especially by saying "howdy"
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.
Substantiv
- 1
A wife.
- 2
A midwife.
Herkunft
Unknown.
Formen
- Plural
- howdies
- Präteritum
- howdied
- Partizip II
- howdied
- Partizip I
- howdying
- 3. Person Singular
- howdies