baldpate

Thân thiện

A man with a baldpate enjoys a sunny day in the park.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of duck: "baldpate" refers to a widgeon, specifically the American widgeon (Mareca americana), a dabbling duck where the male has a distinctive white crown on its head.
   • A bald-headed person: "baldpate" is an informal and somewhat old-fashioned or humorous term for a person who has no hair on their head.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Duck):

  • We spotted a flock of baldpates on the lake.
  • The male baldpate is easily identified by its white crown.

• Noun (Person):

  • The old sailor was a cheerful baldpate.
  • He joked that becoming a baldpate saved him money on haircuts.

Advanced Usage

• The term is more commonly used in ornithological contexts to refer to the duck. When referring to a person, it is often used in a light-hearted, descriptive, or literary way rather than as a modern, direct term.
• "as bald as a baldpate": an informal simile emphasizing complete baldness.
  • After shaving his head, he was as bald as a baldpate.

Variants and Related Words

• Bald (adj): having little or no hair on the head.
  • He has been bald since his twenties.
• Baldhead (n): another term for a bald person.
• American Widgeon (n): the more common modern name for the "baldpate" duck.

Synonyms

• For the duck: American widgeon.
• For the person: baldie, baldhead, chrome dome (slang).

Related Phrases

• Bald as a coot: an idiom meaning completely bald, similar in use to "bald as a baldpate."
  • Years of swimming have left him bald as a coot.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a widgeon the male of which has a white crown
2. a person whose head is bald

Từ đồng nghĩa

• American widgeon
• Anas americana
• baldhead
• baldy