"baldy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbɔːl.di/ [UK] Forms: baldies [plural]
Etymology: From bald + -y. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|bald|-y|id2=diminutive}} bald + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} baldy (plural baldies)
  1. (informal, derogatory) Someone who is bald. Tags: derogatory, informal Categories (topical): People Synonyms: baldhead, baldpate, chrome dome, cue ball, follicly challenged, slaphead, baldie Derived forms: baldy-headed Translations (slang for someone who is bald): tullac [masculine] (Albanian), qeros [masculine] (Albanian), qel [masculine] (Albanian), плешивец (plešivec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), кубе (kube) [neuter] (Bulgarian), plešoun [masculine] (Czech), kalju (Finnish), kaljupää (Finnish), crâne d’œuf [masculine] (French), chauve [masculine] (French), Glatzkopf [masculine] (German), tīhore (Maori), łysol [masculine] (Polish), łysek [masculine] (Polish), łysielec [masculine] (Polish), careca [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), chelbos [masculine] (Romanian), chelboasă [feminine] (Romanian), ćelavac [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), calvorota [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), pelado [masculine] (Spanish), flintis [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
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      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
      "word": "tīhore"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "careca"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "chelboasă"
    },
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ćelavac"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
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        "feminine",
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pelado"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "slang for someone who is bald",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "flintis"
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  "word": "baldy"
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