noun
galoot
Galoot (noun) means someone who is clumsy or lacks manners.
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Someone who is clumsy or lacks manners.
"“So if someone does something I do not agree with, I could call him a galoot and it would be okay?” “Something like that, if you were friends.” “Are galoots always men?”"
— John C. Gallagher, The Blood-Dimmed Tide Is Loosed (2012)
"On TV and in movies and magazine ads, the image of fathers over the past generation evolved from the stern, sturdy father who knew best to a helpless Homer Simpson, or some ham-handed galoot confounded by the prospect of changing a diaper."
— Time (1993)
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Etymology
From Quranic Arabic جالُوت (jālūt, pronounced galūt in Egyptian Arabic), proper name equivalent to English Goliath, giant warrior of the ancient Philistine ethnicity; cf. connotations of derogatory uses of English Philistine. Doublet of goliath.
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What is the meaning of galoot?
"galoot" (noun) means someone who is clumsy or lacks manners.
What is another word for galoot?
Other words for "galoot" include oaf, clodhopper, lout, lummox.
