bloke

Definition of blokenext
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 What a special role, to be the bloke who got those autographs. Stephen Rea, Rolling Stone, 11 Nov. 2025 This bloke just about went down on one knee. Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025 Melvin is a lovely, lovely bloke. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025 After all, one bloke was once pictured cutting up a full Victoria Sponge on one of Craven Cottage’s old wooden seats. Tim Spiers, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bloke
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Noun
  • After a lengthy, wide-ranging search for their next coach, the Portland Trail Blazers have chosen one of the guys already at the front of the line.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 24 June 2026
  • Alcantara has never been known as a strikeout guy.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • There, an adult male was suffering from an apparent gunshot.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
  • Two districts, Ann Arbor Public Schools and Monroe Public Schools, are being investigated for allegedly allowing biological males to compete against girls.
    Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.
    Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • That is some business that the gentlemen are discussing.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • Not the fun stuff — waving down at your antlike neighbors, chatting up green alien dudes — but the dicey stuff like zero gravity and sound and communication distortions?
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • But when danger walks in courtesy of a very large and formidable alien, Kara walks out and throws hands at the dude.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 25 June 2026

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“Bloke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloke. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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