blokeish

English

Alternative forms

• blokish

Etymology

From bloke +‎ -ish.

Adjective

blokeish (comparative more blokeish, superlative most blokeish)

1. (UK, Australia, 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, translated by Andrew Brown, 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.

   • 2025 May 17, Henry Mance, “Lunch with the FT: Trinny Woodall”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:

     After we say goodbye, I walk past [Jeremy] Clarkson's table, steaming with carefree, blokeish energy.

Synonyms

• blokey
• laddish

Derived terms

• blokeishly
• blokeishness