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baldhead

baldhead

1 7.2
A person with no hair on their head
  • noun
  • /ˈbɔldˌhɛd/
translation icon : calvo
  • At the reunion, I noticed that many baldheads had embraced their look confidently.

Examples

  • Why you hook me up with that fat-ass baldhead girl?

    Friday (1995)

  • Garrick's assessment is borne out by a series of huge murals painted on the stone fence inside the museum grounds: Bob in Trench Town with Rita and the children; Bob with fellow Wailers Peter and Bunny as young "baldhead.

    Academic text (1995)

  • My grandfather is a baldhead who always wears a hat to shield himself from the sun.

  • The comic character was a baldhead, known for his humorous take on aging.

Synonyms

baldy
vsbaldhead
  • Informal
9 7.9

A person who has little or no hair on their head

is a neutral description not marked by humor or gender
baldie
vsbaldhead
  • Informal
1 7.9

An informal word for a person who has little or no hair on the head

is the neutral descriptive term for the same condition
baldpate
vsbaldhead
  • Archaic
9.9

A person with no hair on the head

is the identical meaning expressed as an alternative form

Surface Forms

baldhead singular
baldheads plural

Morphology

baldhead = bald + head (transparent) = bald + head

Direct, literal compound of 'bald' + 'head' whose meaning (a person with a bald head) is easily inferred by learners.

Etymology

The word baldhead comes from the two simple parts bald (meaning 'without hair') and head ('top of the body'). So it literally means a 'head without hair' and is used for a person who is bald or has a shaved head.