Rudy

rudy rudý Rudý English Pronunciation en /ˈɹuːdi/ en rudy rudie en uːdi 2 Etymology 1 en :af Rudolph -y<id:diminutive> + 1 Proper noun en male Rudolph. en Veronica Stracqualursi; Dana Bash Giuliani to HuffPost: Trump could have ‘shot James Comey’ and not be prosecuted w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/03/politics/rudy-giuliani-trump-shoot-comey-impeachment/index.html 2018-06-03 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20210829113838/https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/03/politics/rudy-giuliani-trump-shoot-comey-impeachment/index.html en. Etymology 2 en :bor jam:rudie + 1 Noun s en UK _ slang historical A rude boy; a member of a Jamaican street gang in the 1960s and 70s. en 1967 w:Dandy Livingstone w:A Message to You Rudy Stop your running around / Making problems in town / Rudy, a message to you, Rudy en-US w:Nik Cohn England's New Teen Style Is Violence w:The New York Times 1970-03-29 https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/29/archives/pop-englands-new-teen-style-is-violence-englands-new-violent-teen.html 0362-4331 They dance the West Indian Reggae because it is the only old‐fashioned dance beat around and the total opposite of Pepsi‐Rock, the Plastic Ono Band and Jethro Tull and Blood, Sweat & Tears, all of which they naturally despise; and they also have a wary respect for West Indians in general and the Rudys in particular, the Jamaican street gangs who are older and tougher then themselves. https://web.archive.org/web/20240108200836/https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/29/archives/pop-englands-new-teen-style-is-violence-englands-new-violent-teen.html Etymology 3 From the titular character of the movie Rudy (film) Rudy. Noun Rudy's An inspiring competitor, usually an athlete, who perseveres despite tall odds. en "For me, I didn't want to leave the area, because [by now] I was playing sports, and I was heavily involved in the community. Everybody knew me as 'the overachiever'. I was the 'Rudy' of my high school [really]. I was never the best athlete - I was just a kid with a big heart that would never give up. https://www.google.com/books/edition/BEYOND_NITRO_Untold_Stories_from_the_WCW/J32WEQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+rudy+of%22+sports&pg=PT29&printsec=frontcover BEYOND NITRO: Untold Stories from the WCW era Guy Evans 2025 en The Cardinals are the Hoosiers of baseball; just as the Wisconsin Badgers are the Rudy of college basketball. 211 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Playing_While_White/sGgmDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+rudy+of%22+sports&pg=PA211&printsec=frontcover Playing While White: Privilege and Power on and Off the Field David J. Leonard 2017 University of Washington Press en I would say the Rudy of that team was Jeff Leeland. He really was. I think Mike Rohrbach was our Rudy, too. He was a captain and he lost his starting job. Everyone wanted Mike to have an opportunity to play in that game. He was such a spiritual leader for the team. He found a way to contribute to the team off the field. 199 https://www.google.com/books/edition/What_It_Means_to_Be_a_Husky/3Py2EQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22the+rudy+of%22+sports&pg=PA199&printsec=frontcover Triumph Books What It Means to Be a Husky: Don James and Washington's Greatest Players Greg Brown 2013 en terms derived from fiction eponyms en Fictional characters Polish Etymology From pl rudy. Pronunciation rudy Proper noun m-pr Ruda pl m Declension <m.pr.nomplowie:zi> Further reading