howdy n : an expression of greeting; "every morning they exchanged polite hellos" [syn: hello, hullo, hi, how-do-you-do]

English

Etymology

Shortened form of “How do you do?” or less commonly "How do you fair?"

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aʊdi

Interjection

howdy

1. An informal greeting.

   Howdy folks, and welcome to our ninth annual chili cookoff!

Noun

howdy or howdie

1. A wife, a midwife.

Howdy is an informal greeting, originating as a shortened form of the greeting "How do you do?" It is typically associated with a Southern American accent, especially from Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi. It is the official greeting of Texas A&M University in College Station. It can also refer to:

People

• Howdy Groskloss, a major league baseball player
• Howard 'Howdy' Quicksell, a banjo player
• Woody, a fictional character in the animated film Toy Story, whose catch-phrase is "howdy partners".Also commonly used by country folks

Music

• Howdy!, an album by Teenage Fanclub
• Sieg Howdy!, an album by Jello Biafra and The Melvins
• Boy Howdy, an American country music band
• Howdy, An Australian solo Hip Hop artist
• Howdy!, An American|San Francisco Americana-Roots-Jam music band

Misc.

• Howdy, a character in Hamtaro
• Bang! Howdy, an online strategy game
• Howdy Doody, a children's television program
• HOWDY is an integrated database system for accessing and analyzing human genomic information. See the entry for the HOWDY database in MetaBase.