baldie

English

Alternative forms

baldy

Etymology

bald +‎ -ie

Noun

baldie (plural baldies)

(informal, often derogatory) Somebody who is bald.
(birdwatching, slang) The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).
- 1999 August 15, Staca Hiatt, “Re: Anyone ever tried emu?”, in alt.support.diet.low-fat, Usenet‎:
  The bald eagle is the national bird of the United States. Plus the bird is endangered. So, yeah, I'd probably have a problem with sitting down to a plate of baldie for dinner.
- 2010, Bruce Squiers, “Winter's Majesty”, in Marty Becker, Gina Spadafori, Mikkel Becker Shannon, editors, The Ultimate Bird Lover: Stories and Advice on Our Feathered Friends at Home and in the Wild, Health Communications, Inc., →ISBN, page 161:
  They are almost always accompanied by immature bald eagles that, although about the same size as a mature baldie, have a darkened head and mottled feathers.
(slang) A fish, the baldchin groper.

Synonyms

(bald person): baldhead, baldpate, slaphead, skinhead

Translations

somebody who is bald

Finnish: kaljupää (fi)
French: crâne d’œuf (fr) m, chauve (fr) m
German: Glatzkopf (de) m

Polish: łysol (pl) m
Spanish: pelado (es) m

Anagrams

Abdiel, Idabel, bailed, belaid, bidale, dabeli, diable, déblai

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