buddy

buddy
/bud"ee/, n., pl. buddies, v., buddied, buddying. Informal.
n.
1. comrade or chum (often used as a term of address).
2. bud2.
v.i.
3. to be a companion; be friendly or on intimate terms.
4. buddy up,
a. to become friendly; be on friendly or intimate terms.
b. to work closely together: to buddy up with a student from another high school.
5. buddy up to, to become friendly with or curry the favor of: He was buddying up to the political bosses.
[1840-50, Amer.; perh. reduced form of BROTHER]

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