howdy
interjectionverbenomcourant dans les dialogues
- //ˈhaʊdi//
An informal greeting.
interjection
- 1
familierAn informal greeting.
Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!
Étymologie
Clipping of howdy-do, from how-d'ye-do (“how do you do”).
verbe
- 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.
nom
- 1
A wife.
- 2
A midwife.
Étymologie
Unknown.
Formes
- pluriel
- howdies
- passé
- howdied
- participe passé
- howdied
- participe présent
- howdying
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- howdies