'Mate' meaning

8 definitions

1. Hoppo

   term of friendship
2. Eddie

   buddy, friend
3. Jeff

   Friend/Buddy
4. Stoner

   Word describing a friend, recognisably Australian though also used in Britain and New Zealand. In Australia, the term is most commonly used between men, when they cannot remember each other’s names.

   • Example: Man 1: Hey mate, how you going? Man 2: I'm alright mate - hey mate, isn't that a mate of yours?
5. Scumbag6984

   Slang word most often used by Britain, New Zealand and Australia. American teenagers use it because they just follow other countries, thinking it makes them Indie or something. Nubs.

   • Example: American: Hey Mate. British: No you can't use that, stop trying to be cool and stuff, it just fails, be an American and say something like 'Hey fatty'. Australian: Yeah, people to we try to copy you, but you copy us, stop trying to use mate. New Zealand: Finally people understand ...
6. Alfred

   1) Australian slang greeting between friends that is actually used quite often, although stereotype rejecting Australians claim we don’t 2) A person you are very close to, whom they trust above all others. A person may only have one mate

   • Example: 1) G'day Mate 2) Person A: Mate did I tell you what that Sheila said to me yesterday? Person B: Nah mate, here sit down and tell me over a beer
7. Pablos Hanna

   An Australian slang of greeting friends is used through a stereotype from rejecting the claim also telling each other what happened or what people said to them.

   • Example: So mate did I ever tell you what my friend said a long time ago. No mate, so here sit down and I'll tell you over a couple of drinks of water.
8. Dennis Etzenhouser

   It was always a Naval term to me.
   Ship Mates Ya know.

   • Example: Was looking up how they pronounce mate in Australia.