Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A prehistoric or primitive human living in caves.
- n. Informal A man who is crude or brutal, especially toward women.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Same as cave-dweller, 1.
Wiktionary
- n. An early human or closely related species, popularly held to reside in caves.
- n. informal, figuratively, pejorative A brutish or savage person.
- n. informal, figuratively, pejorative A man with old fashioned or backward opinions, particularly with regard to women.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone who lives in a cave
Etymologies
- From cave + man, based on the supposition that early humans dwelt in caves. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And my first job as caveman is to hunt the dinosaur known as Kochasaurus.”
“Attention, evolutionary psychologists: Evopsych researchers assume that back in caveman days we evolved various mental modules.”
“Then they lay that directly on the embers, a kind of grilling I call caveman-style grilling.”
“(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.”
“Progressaurus Rex says: yes, great analysis, warren. for a caveman, that is.”
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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?”
“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.”
“That would be like saying a caveman is a slave to hunting.”
“It was stuffed with straw and moss for padding (the caveman was a long distant relative of Dr Scholl's).”
“I also believe that the caveman is the worst advertising idea in the history of the world, but they continue to be on TV, so it's pretty obvious that I've been wrong before.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘caveman’.
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Gapeseeds and Muckworms - Compound De...
A list of compound derogatory names such as gapeseed, muckworm and lickspittle. Your one-word contributions to this list are welcome.
See sionnach's list derogatory terms I should use ...gapeseed, muckworm, lickspittle, makeweight, bootlicker, backscratcher, apple-polisher, backslapper, brownnoser, rakeshame, yesman, freeloader and 293 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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EN-HU - fun and challenge to translate
Highly descriptive coinages (either in EN or HU) which are difficult to translate between the two languages. If - as a simultaneous interpreter - you get them right on the move, you deserve to be p...
backpfeifengesicht, a wise head on yo..., bad hair day, big cheese, blame shift, cherry picking, intellectual heav..., lack nunchi, schlimazl, cash cow, cherry boy, ass munch and 65 more...
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Man
Everything that contains a man in it
taxman, salesman, common man, spaceman, neolithic man, straw man, seaman, fireman, spiderman, overman, old man, con man and 373 more...
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Is it morning yet?
coterie, lexeme, counterbalance, forthright, pigtail, ponytail, french-braid, barrette, listless, counsel, sitting duck, dead duck and 268 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
Tweets
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gulyasrobi HU for "caveman" is "barlanglako" (cave dweller) Aug 1, 2012
Prolagus Also, caveperson. Aug 28, 2010