English

Adjective

blokeish ‎(comparative more blokeish, superlative most blokeish)

1. (Britain, informal) Characteristic or typical of a bloke.
   • 2002 December, Cole Moreton, review of Sinead O'Connor, Sean-nós nua, in Third Way, page 31,

     The blokeish bar-room ballad ‘Peggy Gordon’ is performed as a tender love song for another woman.

   • 2003, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Andrew Brown (translator), Sartre, page 443,

     He's stuck his hand in his pocket as if he wanted to look more like an ordinary man, or more blokeish.

   • 2003, Peter Buckley, The Rough Guide to Rock, page 1161,

     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.

Derived terms

• blokeishly
• blokeishness

Synonyms

• blokey
• laddish