Get to know Bloke better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like geezer or man.
Bloke meaning
- A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
- An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
- A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
Using Bloke
- The main meaning on this page is: A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street. | An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype. | A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
- Useful related words include: geezer, man, adult male.
- In the example corpus, bloke often appears in combinations such as: the bloke, bloke in, bloke who.
Context around Bloke
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bloke
- In this selection, "bloke" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nice, old, white, worse, decided and maybe stand out and add context to how "bloke" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a balding bloke in his and a bloke decided to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bloke" sits close to words such as adopters, airfields and allowable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bloke
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I agree totally with this bloke Andrew Barr! (8 words)
Some bloke, wish him nothing but the best. (8 words)
We had to go and find the bloke. (8 words)
As someone cleverer and funnier than me said of the England men’s football team: if a bloke’s wife left him in 1966 but he insisted every four years that she was coming home, you would think he was mad. (41 words)
The expert added that he is now convinced the same "poor bloke or woman - it could have been a woman - put this very large sum of money in a hiding place and couldn't go back to it, so probably died". (41 words)
Tony Matelli's uber-realistic sculpture of a balding bloke in his undies staggering zombie-like through Regent's Park was probably enough to put dozens of kids — and a good few adults — off art for good. (37 words)
I agree totally with this bloke Andrew Barr! (8 words)
Example sentences (20)
I must start this off with an admission, I am a bloke – worse – an old bloke – even worse – an old white bloke.
A bloke decided to hold his own while still alive and said the death "experience" gave him a renewed vigour for life.
A bloke, maybe in his 40s, was taking a leak in a very public place, just overlooking a light rail stop near my house.
And another wrote: "Tony Bellew is such a genuinely nice bloke isn't he.
As someone cleverer and funnier than me said of the England men’s football team: if a bloke’s wife left him in 1966 but he insisted every four years that she was coming home, you would think he was mad.
Centered on four Catholic school girls and one English bloke named James, is a sitcom in the truest sense of the genre, finding humor in a reality rife with conflict and fear.
He's a nice bloke, but at the end of the day there is a lot of work to be done in that electorate," she said.
I agree totally with this bloke Andrew Barr!
I was 11 and I said I’ll have a go, and the bloke who owned it said you’re doing better than your father,” Bill smiles.
Manx rider, Conor Cummins, says he's 'gutted' about the news, saying Raul was 'a top bloke' who he was proud to call a friend.
Mike blended in with the locals and looked like any ordinary bloke stepping out for a weekend sip of java.
One guy, a Rangers bloke got caught, and cabbaged.
One woman said: "That bloke's not right in the head.
Some bloke, wish him nothing but the best.
The bloke is a stalwart of local rugby, a legend of the Shute Shield that coached Gordon and Warringah to drought breaking premierships.
The expert added that he is now convinced the same "poor bloke or woman - it could have been a woman - put this very large sum of money in a hiding place and couldn't go back to it, so probably died".
The tiger hunted down the man and was met with Markov holding a shotgun, before mauling the bloke to death and not leaving much behind.
This is because a new report has stated Gen Z has identified a "sexy" type of single bloke that Millennials are ignoring.
Tony Matelli's uber-realistic sculpture of a balding bloke in his undies staggering zombie-like through Regent's Park was probably enough to put dozens of kids — and a good few adults — off art for good.
We had to go and find the bloke.
Common combinations with bloke
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the bloke 13×
- bloke in 7×
- bloke who 6×
- old bloke 4×
- this bloke 4×
- bloke is 4×
- bloke and 4×
- of bloke 4×
- nice bloke 3×
- some bloke 3×