bloke
Plural: blokes
Noun
- A man; a fellow.
- a boy or man
- "he's a good bloke"
- A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
- An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
- A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
- (A lower deck term for) the captain or executive officer of a warship, especially one regarded as tough on discipline and punishment.
- An anglophone (English-speaking) man.
Examples
- That bloke always manages to find the perfect spot for his Z tile in Words With Friends.
Origin / Etymology
Origin unknown; the following borrowings have been hypothesized:
* From a modern Celtic language, such as Irish bloc (“block”) or Scottish Gaelic ploc (“large, stubborn person”, literally “block of wood”), themselves borrowings from English block
* From Hindustani لوک (lok) / लोक (lok, “people, folk”) or Shelta loke (“man”).
Synonyms
blighter, chap, cuss, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad, bloke, boy, bro, broski, bruh, cat, chappy, chield, cove, covey, dawg, dog [⇒ thesaurus] (slang), dude, gadgie, gate, geezer, gink, gloak, gome, guy, health, homeboy, homey, joe, lede, nigga, ninja, omi, pillicock, punk, rooster, seg, shalk, wallah, wer, were, wye
Scrabble Score: 11
bloke: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbloke: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bloke: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary