bloke

chiefly British
as in guy
an adult male human being a couple of friendly blokes offered to show us the sights of London

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Recent Examples of bloke My Self, deprived of oblivion’s dose, is the bloke on the bus who sits too close, who breathes too loud, who is too warm, who fills his neighbor with thoughts of harm. James Parker, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024 Not Madonna, but her director-husband Guy Ritchie, a bloke’s bloke who challenged crew members and anyone else who was willing — any man, at least — to midday wrestling matches. Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 5 July 2024 Could Ridge actually be the best bloke on the show? Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 26 Feb. 2024 His comments could be construed as the crankiness of an 80-year-old, but his demeanor is that of a bloke in a pub having a pint and laughing as easily at himself as the world around him. Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 7 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for bloke 
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Noun
  • This is a guy who's done everything Trump's asked him to do.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The reporters were seated on the main stage and understood nary a word of his speech, although the Wall Street Journal guy faked it by writing stuff down.
    Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The first male sea otter arrived in the Elkhorn Slough, 35 miles north of Bixby Cove, in the late 1990s.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The right whales were identified as Catalog #4120, a 13-year-old female, and Catalog #5110, a 3-year-old male.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The Complete Bocuse by Paul Bocuse Amazon This is a recipe book by a gentleman, Paul Bocuse, who is hailed as the greatest French chef—or maybe the French people would say the greatest chef—of the twentieth century.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
  • And Kelce is as good as his word as his profile picture on X (formerly known as Twitter), has been updated to include a shot of the gentleman in question.
    Clare Fisher, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • And there’s almost no one in town who wouldn’t take that offering, except this scrawny dude.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Chris Martin is known for being a super-chill dude.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024

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“Bloke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloke. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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