caveman
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cave·man
(kāv′măn′)n.
1. A prehistoric or primitive human living in caves.
2. Informal A man who is crude or ill-mannered, especially toward women.
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caveman
(ˈkeɪvˌmæn)n, pl -men
1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) a man of the Palaeolithic age; cave dweller
2. informal facetious a man who is primitive or brutal in behaviour, etc
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caveman
A prehistoric human being who lived in a cave, especially in the Paleolithic Age.
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| Noun | 1. |  caveman - someone who lives in a cave primitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization |
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Translations
ساكِنُ الكُهوف
jeskynní člověk
hulemand
barlanglakó
steinaldarmaîur, hellisbúi
jaskynný človek
grottmänniska
mağara adamı
caveman
[ˈkeɪvmæn] N (cavemen (pl))1. (Anthropology) → hombre m de las cavernas, cavernícola m, troglodita m; (more loosely) → hombre m prehistórico
2. (aggressively masculine) → machote m
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cave
(keiv) noun a large natural hollow in rock or in the earth. The children explored the caves.
ˈcaveman (-mӕn) noun in prehistoric times, a person who lived in a cave. Cavemen dressed in the skins of animals.
cave in (of walls etc) to collapse.
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