stooge
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
Verb Forms: stooged, stooging, stooges
- To act as a subservient assistant, especially in comedy.
- 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.
Examples
- His strategy was to STOOGE his opponent, setting up easy words for himself later.
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
butt, flunkey, flunky, goat, laughingstock, yes-man, acolyte, adjutant, aide, bootlicker, confederate, disciple, follower, footman, henchman, hireling, inferior, lackey, lap dog, lickspittle, man Friday, minion, myrmidon, poodle, retainer, right-hand man, right-hand woman, servant, stooge, subordinate, sycophant, toady, underling, vassal, yes man
Scrabble Score: 7
stooge: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordstooge: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
stooge: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary