baldie
English
Alternative forms
- baldy
Etymology
bald + -ie
Noun
baldie (plural baldies)
- (informal, often derogatory) Somebody who is bald.
- (birdwatching, slang) The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).
- 1999 August 15, Staca Hiatt, “Re: Anyone ever tried emu?”, in alt.support.diet.low-fat, Usenet:
- The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States. Plus the bird is endangered. So, yeah, I'd probably have a problem with sitting down to a plate of baldie for dinner.
- 2010, Bruce Squiers, “Winter's Majesty”, in Marty Becker, Gina Spadafori, Mikkel Becker Shannon, editors, The Ultimate Bird Lover: Stories and Advice on Our Feathered Friends at Home and in the Wild, Health Communications, Inc., →ISBN, page 161:
- They are almost always accompanied by immature bald eagles that, although about the same size as a mature baldie, have a darkened head and mottled feathers.
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- (slang) A fish, the baldchin groper.
Synonyms
- (bald person): baldhead, baldpate, slaphead, skinhead
Translations
somebody who is bald
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Anagrams
- Abdiel, Idabel, bailed, belaid, bidale, dabeli, diable, déblai