Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A prehistoric or primitive human living in caves.
- noun Informal A man who is crude or ill-mannered, especially toward women.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cave-dweller , 1.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An early
human or closely related species, popularly held toreside incaves . - noun informal, figuratively, pejorative A
brutish orsavage person. - noun informal, figuratively, pejorative A man with
old fashioned orbackward opinions, particularly with regard to women.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who lives in a cave
Etymologies
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Examples
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And my first job as caveman is to hunt the dinosaur known as Kochasaurus.
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And my first job as caveman is to hunt the dinosaur known as Kochasaurus.
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And my first job as caveman is to hunt the dinosaur known as Kochasaurus.
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Attention, evolutionary psychologists: Evopsych researchers assume that back in caveman days we evolved various mental modules.
An evolutionary psychology domain-specific module Steve Sailer 2005
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Then they lay that directly on the embers, a kind of grilling I call caveman-style grilling.
The Clog 2010
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(Toni L. Sandys - The Washington Post) Summing up last night's 3-2 shootout loss to the Devils in short, caveman-style sentences: Goalies good.
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Progressaurus Rex says: yes, great analysis, warren. for a caveman, that is.
Think Progress » VIDEO: Maliki Speech Interrupted By War Protestor 2006
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Do you think that a caveman is the only type of person that mainstream America can make fun without being either racist or self-deprocating?
In the (White) Imaginary World, "We" Don't Exist Anxious Black Woman 2007
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Also known as the caveman diet, the regime frowns on carbohydrate-laden foods like bread and cereal, and modern-day adherents eat only lean meat, vegetables and fruit.
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Also known as the caveman diet, the regime frowns on carbohydrate-laden foods like bread and cereal, and modern-day adherents eat only lean meat, vegetables and fruit.
Prolagus commented on the word caveman
Also, caveperson.
August 28, 2010
gulyasrobi commented on the word caveman
HU for "caveman" is "barlanglako" (cave dweller)
August 1, 2012