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View synonyms for galoot
galoot
or gal·loot
[ guh-loot ]
noun
, Slang.
- an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.
galoot
/ ɡəˈluːt /
noun
- slang.a clumsy or uncouth person
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Word History and Origins
Origin of galoot1
First recorded in 1805–15; origin uncertain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of galoot1
C19: of unknown origin
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Example Sentences
But the old man wanted his son to be a business man, not a crazy, piano-playing galoot.
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Why, thars been a galoot around Tintacker ever since Spring opened.
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I talk like a galoot when I get talking to feemale girls and I can't lay my tongue to anything that sounds right.
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I don't propose to make a jumping-jack of myself for some galoot to give me the laugh, but we'll walk around.
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Old Jack didn't hev no relatives, so he hed a right to make any galoot his heir.
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