Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to express a greeting.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A contraction of how do you (do)?—a colloquial greeting, now almost peculiar to the southern and western United States, the fuller form howdy do? being used elsewhere: also used as a noun for a greeting with this phrase.
- noun See
howdie .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. A midwife.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- interjection An informal
greeting . - noun Scotland A wife, a
midwife .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an expression of greeting
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Not forgetting the 8 seconds it took you to type that comment. ydwoh_niatpac and 12 seconds to read captain howdy's reply.
Lady Gaga’s “Telephone” Video Features the Pussy Wagon From Kill Bill | /Film 2010
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I have just finished watching S1 of Bones and boy howdy is that a Mary Sue.
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Joanna -- It must be a Southern thing but boy howdy is it good!
Grandma's chocolate pie | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008
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Hey, it's my Nana! harrycaul captain howdy as the mad hatter.
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We still haven't heard a howdy from the viewers in France, Malta, Turkey and Russia, that show up on our stats.
Adjustments To Make 2007
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We still haven't heard a howdy from the viewers in France, Malta, Turkey and Russia, that show up on our stats.
Archive 2007-06-01 2007
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He never opened his mouth atter he says "howdy" -- Jeb never does say nothin '; Jeb's one o' them fellers whut hides thar lack o 'brains by a-lookin' solemn an 'a-keepin' still, but thar don't nobody say much tell the ole folks air gone to bed, an 'Polly Ann jes' lowed Jeb was a-waitin '.
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He never opened his mouth atter he says "howdy" -- Jeb never does say nothin ';
Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories John Fox 1891
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i am so glad that there is an openly gay ken. also i'm really really excited for this film. and i am with you captain howdy i love it when sequels deliver. how great was the first one!
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The worst one of all, and boy howdy, that is saying something.
TheZoo 2009
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