Definitions for stooge
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. flunky, flunkey, stooge, yes-mannoun

   a person of unquestioning obedience

2. butt, goat, laughingstock, stoogeverb

   a victim of ridicule or pranks

3. stoogeverb

   cruise in slow or routine flights

4. stoogeverb

   act as the stooge

   "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian"

5. stoogeverb

   act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner

   "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. stoogenoun

   One who knowingly allows himself or herself to be used for another's profit; a dupe.

2. stoogenoun

   A straight man

3. stoogenoun

   A person who secretly collects information on activities of the enemy

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1. stooge

   A stooge is a person who serves merely to support or assist others, particularly in doing unpleasant work, often without being aware that they are being used. It can also refer to a comic performer in a dramatic role who is frequently made the butt of jokes or pranks.

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Aviation
   • Behave
   • Cruise
   • Theater

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce stooge?

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   Karen

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How to say stooge in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stooge in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stooge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of stooge in a Sentence

1. Raneshwar Sing Kishan:

   Shame on these civil services officers who study hard to crack the toughest exam of India, but then work like a spineless stooge to serve rogue politicians.

2. Jeffrey Toobin:

   If anyone thinks that a new FBI director is going to come in and the agency will just take over and continue their investigation as if this had never happened, that's not how it works, they will put in a stooge who will shut down this investigation.

3. The NLD:

   They wanted to know whether she is a stooge of the USA or something like that, how much her thoughts and her ideology is Westernized, but they soon found that she's quite independent.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=stooge
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Stooge
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=stooge