Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Wiktionary
n. The practice of working or travelling together with at least one other person, especially when undertaking something potentially risky or hazardous.
WordNet
n. a cooperative practice of pairing two or more people together for mutual assistance or safety (especially in recreational swimming)
Wikipedia
The buddy system is a procedure in which two people, the "buddies", operate together as a single unit so that they are able to monitor and help each other. As per Merriam-Webster, the first known use of the phrase “buddy system” goes as far back as 1942. Webster goes on to define the buddy system as “an arrangement in which two individuals are paired (as for mutual safety in a hazardous situation).” The buddy system is basically working together in pairs in a large group or alone. Both the individuals have to do the job. The job could be to ensure that the work is finished safely or the skill/learning is transferred effectively from one individual to the other.
The buddy system is a procedure in which two people operate together as a single unit so that they are able to monitor and help each other.
Buddy system may also refer to:
- Buddy memory system, a memory allocation algorithm
- The Buddy System (film), a 1984 American film
Usage examples of "buddy system".
Until this situation stabilizes, it seems to Jack that the buddy system is very much in order.
Malik with his buddy system and his humble power of example of how to connect.
He had carefully gotten all the merit badges, worked the buddy system, gotten all the right positions at all the right times.
The only thing that got us through that embarrassing round of calls was the buddy system.
At some time during their Camp McCall training, Special Forces trainees, two at a time, in the buddy system, accompanied by an instructor, fired the course three times.
Cane and Farley were from the same town somewhere in South Jersey and had enlisted together under the buddy system which guaranteed that the men would stay together during their enlistment.