baldy

baldy

English

Alternative forms

• baldie

Etymology

From bald +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːl.di/

Noun

baldy (plural baldies)

1. (informal, derogatory) Someone who is bald.
   • 2000, World English Bible, 2 Kings 2:23

     Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, "Go up, you baldy; go up, you baldhead!"

Synonyms

• baldhead, baldpate, chrome dome, cue ball, follicly challenged, slaphead

Derived terms

• baldy-headed

Translations

slang for someone who is bald

Albanian: tullac (sq) m, qeros (sq) m, qel (sq) m Bulgarian: плешивец m (plešivec), кубе n (kube) Czech: plešoun (cs) m Finnish: kalju (fi), kaljupää (fi) French: crâne d’œuf (fr) m, chauve (fr) m German: Glatzkopf (de) m Maori: tīhore Polish: łysol (pl) m, łysek (pl) m, łysielec m Portuguese: careca (pt) m or f Romanian: chelbos (ro) m, chelboasă (ro) f Serbo-Croatian: ćelavac m Spanish: calvorota m or f, pelado (es) m Swedish: flintis (sv) c

Anagrams

• Dalby, Dybal, badly, blady