baldy
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɔːl.di/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɔl.di/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔːldi
- Hyphenation: bald‧ie
- Homophone: baldie
Noun
baldy (plural baldies)
- (informal, often derogatory) Someone who is bald.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bald person
- 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!"
Derived terms
Translations
person with little or no head hair — see bald person