palooka

pa·loo·ka

noun \pə-ˈlü-kə\

Definition of PALOOKA

1

: an inexperienced or incompetent boxer

2

: oaf, lout

Examples of PALOOKA

1. <I wish he wouldn't bring over here that bunch of palookas he calls his friends.>

Origin of PALOOKA

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1924

Related to PALOOKA

Synonyms: clod, clodhopper, gawk, hulk, lout, lubber, lug, lump, Neanderthal, oaf

Related Words: chump, loser, schlemiel (also shlemiel), turkey; slouch; airhead, birdbrain, blockhead, blunderer, bonehead, bubblehead, chowderhead, chucklehead, clodpoll (or clodpole), clot [British], cluck, clunk, cuddy (or cuddie) [British dialect], deadhead, dim bulb [slang], dimwit, dip, dodo, dolt, donkey, doofus [slang], dope, dork [slang], dullard, dumbbell, dumbhead, dum-dum, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, fathead, galoot [slang], gander, golem, goof, goon, half-wit, hammerhead, hardhead, idiot, ignoramus, imbecile, jackass, know-nothing, knucklehead, lamebrain, loggerhead [chiefly dialect], loon, lump, lunkhead, meathead, mome [archaic], moron, mug [chiefly British], mutt, natural, nimrod [slang], nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nit [chiefly British], nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull (or numbskull), pinhead, prat [British], ratbag [chiefly Australian], saphead, schlub (also shlub) [slang], schnook [slang], simp, simpleton, stock, stupe, stupid, thickhead, turkey, woodenhead, yahoo, yo-yo; anthropoid, ape, beast, boor, brute, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, louse, skunk, snake, stinker, tyke (also tike) [chiefly British], villain; booby, fool, goose, loony (also looney), lunatic, madman, nut; featherbrain, scatterbrain; rascal, rogue, scamp

Near Antonyms: brain, brainiac, egghead, genius, intellectual, sage, thinker, whiz, wizard

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Other Combat Sports Terms

foil, riposte, welter

Rhymes with PALOOKA

bazooka, felucca, verruca