Rudy

//ˈɹuːdi// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rude boy; a member of a Jamaican street gang in the 1960s and 70s. UK, historical, slang

    "Stop your running around / Making problems in town / Rudy, a message to you, Rudy"

  2. 2
    An acrobatic maneuver involving two and a half twists.
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the male given name Rudolph.

    "Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani claimed Sunday that the President hypothetically could have shot the former FBI director to end the Russia investigation and not face prosecution for it while in office."

  2. 2
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
rudeboy

Example

More examples

"Rudy Giuliani, who is not Jewish, claims he's more Jewish than Holocaust survivor George Soros because Soros "doesn't go to church.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Rudolph + -y.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole rudie.

Related phrases

given name

More for "rudy"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.