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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