Meaning
5 senses(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal)A fellow, a man; especially an ordinary man, a man on the street.
Kerl
мужи́кmužík, челове́кčelovék, типtip
a boy or man
(Australia, Commonwealth, New Zealand, especially)An exemplar of a certain masculine, independent male archetype.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, especially, informal)A man who behaves in a particularly laddish or overtly heterosexual manner.
(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang)(A lower deck term for) the captain or executive officer of a warship, especially one regarded as tough on discipline and punishment.
(Quebec, colloquial)An anglophone (English-speaking) man.
Examples
6 sentencesDid you meet any fit blokes?
deHast du irgendwelche sexy Typen kennengelernt? — Waldelfe
Outside the nightclub were two bouncers, blokes like bears.
deVor dem Nachtclub waren zwei Türsteher, Typen wie Bären. — Laoan
There aren't many blokes that nice!
deEs gibt nicht viele Kerle, die so nett sind! — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Blokes who knit are a rarity.
ruПарни, которые вяжут, - редкость. — amanshi
deMänner, die stricken, sind eine Rarität. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom is one of the nicest blokes I've ever met.
deTom ist einer der nettesten Typen, die ich je getroffen habe. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
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