baldy

English

Alternative forms

baldie

Etymology

From bald +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːl.di/

Noun

baldy (plural baldies)

(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

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