baldie

English

Alternative forms

• baldy

Etymology

From bald +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːl.di/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔl.di/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɔːldi
• Hyphenation: bald‧ie
• Homophone: baldy

Noun

baldie (plural baldies)

1. (informal, often derogatory) Somebody who is bald.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bald person

2. (birdwatching, slang) A bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).
   • 1999 August 15, Staca Hiatt, “Re: Anyone ever tried emu?”, in alt.support.diet.low-fat‎^[1] (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.

3. (slang) The baldchin groper (Choerodon rubescens).
   • 2019, Demelza Carlton, Ocean's Widow:

     "Baldies. Baldchin gropers. Tastiest fish I've caught this week," I replied.

Translations

person with little or no head hair — see bald person

Anagrams

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