Bloke

Quick meaning: Bloke is a noun meaning (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.

Meaning

(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, informal) A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.

More Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, especially Australia and New Zealand) An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
2. (Commonwealth, especially UK and Ireland, informal) A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
3. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, naval slang) (A lower deck term for) the captain or executive officer of a warship, especially one regarded as tough on discipline and punishment.
4. (chiefly Quebec, colloquial) An anglophone (English-speaking) man.

Example Sentences

No use, with a bloke like this, cracking up your own merits. Stick to the truth.

Now, she messed around with a bloke named Smoky, She loved him though he was cokie, […]

It was a Cockney bloke who had never seen a cow till he came inside. Cragg said it took some blokes like that, and city fellows are the worse.

The door flew open, and there was a bloke with spectacles on his face and all round the spectacles an expression of strained anguish. A bloke with a secret sorrow.

Word Forms

• blokes
• bloak

Synonyms for bloke

Depending on context, synonyms include bro, broski, bruh, cat, chap, chappy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include geezer, lad, dude, man, boyfriend, chap.

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