STOOGE
butt, goat, laughingstock, stooge
(noun) a victim of ridicule or pranks
flunky, flunkey, stooge, yes-man
(noun) a person of unquestioning obedience
stooge
(verb) act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner; “He stooged for the flamboyant Senator”
stooge
(verb) act as the stooge; “His role was to stooge for the popular comedian”
stooge
(verb) cruise in slow or routine flights
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stooge (plural stooges)
One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe.
Synonym: Thesaurus:loyal follower
(comedy) A straight man.
A secret informant for police.
(psychology) A confederate; a person who is secretly working for the researcher, unknown to the study participant.
Verb
stooge (third-person singular simple present stooges, present participle stooging, simple past and past participle stooged)
(intransitive) To act as a straight man.
Anagrams
• Otsego, goes to
Source: Wiktionary
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