galoot

ga·loot

noun \gə-ˈlüt\

Definition of GALOOT

slang

: fellow; especially : one who is strange or foolish

Examples of GALOOT

1. <he's a bighearted galoot, even if he's not the sharpest tool in the shed>

Origin of GALOOT

origin unknown

First Known Use: circa 1818

Related to GALOOT

Synonyms: bastard, bloke [chiefly British], buck, cat, chap [chiefly British], chappie [British], dude, fella, fellow, man [slang], gent, gentleman, guy, hombre, jack, joe, joker, lad, male

Related Words: master, mister, sir; buddy, buster

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Rhymes with GALOOT

acute, astute, Asyût, bear fruit, beetroot, Beirut, birthroot, bloodroot, breadfruit, butut, cahoot, Canute, catsuit, cheroot, choucroute, clubroot, commute, compute, confute, crapshoot, cube root, deaf-mute, depute, dilute, dispute, dry suit, elute, en route, enroot, flight suit, folkmoot, freeboot, grapefruit, G suit, hardboot, hip boot, hirsute, imbrute, impute, jackboot, jackfruit, jumpsuit, kashruth, lawsuit, long suit, lounge suit, minute, nonsuit, offshoot, outshoot, Paiute, pantsuit, permute, playsuit, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, salute, sans doute, seaboot, snowsuit, solute, square root, star fruit, star route, statute, strong suit, sunsuit, sweat suit, swimsuit, take root, taproot, to boot, tracksuit, trade route, transmute, tribute, uproot, volute, wet suit, zoot suit