Howdy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Howdy \How"dy\, n. [Scot., also houdy- wife. Of uncertain
     origin; cf. OSw. jordgumma; or perh. fr. E. how d'ye.]
     A midwife. [Prov. Eng.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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