stooge
Meanings
Plural: stooges
Noun
- a person of unquestioning obedience
- a victim of ridicule or pranks
- One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe.
- A magician's assistant who pretends to be a member of the audience.
- A straight man.
- A secret informant for police.
- A confederate; a person who is secretly working for the researcher, unknown to the study participant.
Verb
- cruise in slow or routine flights
- act as the stooge
- "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian"
- act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner
- "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator"
- To act as a straight man.
Origin / Etymology
Perhaps an abbreviation of Russian студе́нт (studént) [stʊˈdʲent]; the original meaning was “stage assistant, actor who assists a comedian”. It may have been a Yiddish vaudeville term.
Synonyms
acolyte, adjutant, aide, bootlicker, butt, confederate, disciple, flunkey, flunky, follower, footman, goat, henchman, hireling, inferior, lackey, lap dog, laughingstock, lickspittle, man Friday, minion, myrmidon, poodle, retainer, right-hand man, right-hand woman, servant, stooge, subordinate, sycophant, toady, underling, vassal, yes man, yes-man
Scrabble Score: 7
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