blokeish
blokeish adjective: characteristic or typical of a bloke.
Adjective
blokeish (comparative more blokeish, superlative most blokeish)
- Characteristic or typical of a bloke.
- The blokeish bar-room ballad ‘Peggy Gordon’ is performed as a tender love song for another woman.2002 December, Cole Moreton, review of Sinead O'Connor, Sean-nós nua, in Third Way, page 31
- He's stuck his hand in his pocket as if he wanted to look more like an ordinary man, or more blokeish.2003, Bernard-Henri Lévy, translated by Andrew Brown, Sartre, page 443
Examples of blokeish in a sentence
- Hailed by a host of younger guitar bands such as Ocean Colour Scene and Oasis, Weller dropped the jazzy noodlings of his previous couple of sets in favour of a raw, blokeish sound.2003, Peter Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock, page 1161:
- After we say goodbye, I walk past [Jeremy] Clarkson's table, steaming with carefree, blokeish energy.2025 May 17, Henry Mance, “Lunch with the FT: Trinny Woodall”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd....
Synonyms of blokeish
Forms of blokeish
| comparative | more blokeish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most blokeish |
| alternative form | blokish |
Origin of blokeish
From bloke + -ish.
Words formed from blokeish
Questions about blokeish
- What does blokeish mean?
- Blokeish means characteristic or typical of a bloke.
- How do you use blokeish in a sentence?
- Hailed by a host of younger guitar bands such as Ocean Colour Scene and Oasis, Weller dropped the jazzy noodlings of his previous couple of sets in favour of a raw, blokeish sound.
- What part of speech is blokeish?
- Blokeish is an adjective.
Words near blokeish in the dictionary
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