Definition of BLOKE

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”).

Scrabble Score: 11

bloke: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bloke: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bloke: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

bloke: valid Words With Friends Word