bald

Definition

  • verb: to make bald
  • adjective: having no hair or very little hair on the head
  • adjective: lacking a natural or usual covering (as of hair, vegetation, or nap)
  • synonyms: unadorned, bare, literal

Examples

  • To put it 'baldly' [=to say it in a harsh and honest way], I don't like you.

  • She repeated her 'bald' assertion that her son was not guilty of the crime.

  • Don't believe her. She's a 'bald-faced' [='barefaced, blatant'] liar.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Damn! But it doesn't explain what Perez has got to do with that. He was used for the money laundering. From the outset, it seemed to me rather strange the way that bald guy played. He did it mechanically. Now I understand why the American lost to Perez and the bald guy. He wasn't really losing, (..)
    1981 To Kill a Cop
  • (..) - "Green Hill" - That's right. Why aren't we going there? First we have to go to the pharmacy. Do you need aspirin? Did you see that bald shorty? That Volvo driver. Yes. I knew I had already seen him somewhere. And I just remembered. Last time I saw him he was playing casino (..)
    1981 To Kill a Cop