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baldy

baldy

9 7.9
A person who has little or no hair on their head
  • noun
  • /ˈbɔldi/
  • Informal
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  • When he joined the team, everyone affectionately called him baldy because of his shiny head.

Like smiley scrub daddies, that bald daddy, scrub baldy, The, you know, the the scrub mummy and scrub daddy.

Examples

  • When they called Michel "Baldy," he wanted to shake them.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • There was no sign of Ma, and no sign of our mules either, but there was plenty of sign of Sheriff Baldy Stone, a short man who had grown very round in the course of his life.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • And then we called him "baldy."

    Mikey and Nicky (1976)

  • Looks like big baldy had a little trouble gettin' through the door.

    Ed Wood (1994)

  • Big Baldy kind of got stuck in the doorway.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • I think we better just go home and see why Baldy Stone thinks he has the right to requisition our mules.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Try again, Baldy!

    Office Uprising (2018)

  • - Hello, Baldy.

    Problem Child 2 (1991)

  • Alright baldy.

    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

  • All right, let's get baldy to Xandar and collect that bounty.

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Synonyms

baldhead
vsbaldy
1 7.2

A person with no hair on their head

is more humorous and often used jokingly about men
baldie
vsbaldy
  • Informal
1 7.9

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

is a humorous informal term often used for men
baldpate
vsbaldy
  • Archaic
9.9

A person with no hair on the head

is more modern and used jokingly rather than literary

Antonyms

hairy
134 1.0

Having a lot of hair on the body or surface

Surface Forms

baldy singular
baldies plural

Morphology

baldy = bald (transparent) = bald + y

The word 'baldy' is transparently derived from 'bald' with the addition of the suffix '-y', indicating a person characterized by being bald.

Etymology

Baldy comes from the word bald meaning 'without hair' plus the small, friendly ending -y that turns it into a name you can tease someone with. So, a baldy is simply a person 'without much hair', often used humorously.