galoot

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ga·loot

also gal·loot (gə-lo͞ot′)

n. Slang

A person, especially a clumsy or uncouth one.

[Origin unknown.]

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galoot

(ɡəˈluːt) or

galloot

slang chiefly US a clumsy or uncouth person

[C19: of unknown origin]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ga•loot

(gəˈlut)

n. Slang.

an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.

[1805–15; orig. uncertain]

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Noun

galoot - a disreputable or clumsy man

adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"

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hrubiánneotesanec

galoot

[gəˈluːt] N (esp US) → zoquete mf

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"Boring for water, you black-and-tan galoot!" replied the Sheik of the Outfit, with that ready repartee which distinguishes the Unbeliever.

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Next you'd see a raft sliding by, away off yonder, and maybe a galoot on it chopping, because they're most always doing it on a raft; you'd see the axe flash and come down -- you don't hear nothing; you see that axe go up again, and by the time it's above the man's head then you hear the K'CHUNK!

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"Now you Eastern galoots won't believe anything against the yellow devils," he suddenly flamed out with an appearance of earnestness not altogether convincing, "but I tell you that Chink was the perversest scoundrel outside San Francisco.

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In 1260, Egyptians defeated the Mongols in Ein Galoot under the leadership of Saifuddin Qutuz.

Part II: It was the only world power and today it seeks to regain its regional power

Exhausting training matures Kyle from awkward, wandering galoot to one of the nation's finest fighters.

Cut the sniping

Still, ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' (Nintendo, for the Wii U, $49.99) provides all the action that fans of the big galoot are probably looking for.

Donkey Kong stumbles in 'Tropical Freeze'

I seem to remember he wrote that the closest he got to her was to sit several rows back from her gorgeous back at some event or other Marilyn was with her then husband, Arthur Miller, and one can imagine Norman fuming, smoldering, stewing: "What the hell is she doing with that stiff galoot? A girl that sexy belongs with me!"

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The one-f Jafa, He's a galoot. The two-f Jaffa, He's a fruit.

The Wizard of Oggies

Thus we discover that the title of Hillbilly Galoot (1960) refers to a dim-witted, usually high-hearted rube; Dolores James (1962; Fig.

Thinking in metal form: David Carrier reports on a retrospective of the late John Chamberlain, in which the artist's majestic, abstract sculptures remain as elusive as ever

Maybe it's, "You bunch of idiots, don't you know I have a bloody well splitting headache from playing this stupid game?" Or maybe it's, "Thank you Lord, that big galoot of a linebacker didn't get me this time." We just don't know.

Thank the lord for sports

"Yes, I have always enjoyed playing Detroit, because he is always here, in the front row, the big galoot. Those roses?

If I Could Be with You

"Everyone was laughing at me and saying, 'Who is the galoot who doesn't even know what passe is?'" But starting from scratch is what latecomers need.