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 Ruby’s father is similarly unremarkable, a bloke named William Benjamin Garnett who was also 15 at the time, and never even knew Louise had been pregnant! Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 June 2024 You're surrounded by a bunch of blokes carrying things. EW.com, 19 Mar. 2024 Indeed, projecting this worry about yourself onto others and being critical of 'femme' blokes. Jamie Wareham, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024 Isaac’s smiling affability lends the piece a different tone than Donahoe’s bashful bloke demeanor. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for bloke 
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Noun
  • The guys had so many good words to support me from the first day.
    Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Not necessarily as the guy who’s getting the ball, but boxing out, being in the right spot.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Of course, there’s Sharon Stone in Casino, Margot Robbie in Wolf of Wall Street, or, most recently, Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon, but the bulk of his work focuses on the perils of committing crime while male.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Similarly, a pair of individuals thought to be sisters, or mother and daughter, were found to include at least one genetic male.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The Home for Retired Bears, benignly administered by the musical nuns, resembles an island gentlemen’s club in early Bond movies: think cane furniture, the wistful whiff of Empire and a faintly sinister air.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Forbes estimates her net worth, along with second gentleman Doug Emhoff, at about $8 million, up from $7 million in 2021.
    Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • There’s a new promo picture going around showing a Dusty Milligan with facial hair (see: above) — and listen, not to besmirch his infinity-pool jawline, but the dude looks so much better with that scruff.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Name Mark Bryan Best known for Lead-guitarist, Hootie & the Blowfish Current city Denver Really want to be in Denver, rocking Fiddler’s Green on tour with my dudes.
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 25 Oct. 2024

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“Bloke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloke. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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