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Recent Examples of galoot
The pair come off less as cybercriminal masterminds than as galumphing galoots—that is to say, a pair of bumbling oafs who thought that asking AI how to cover their tracks was going to keep them out of federal prison.
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Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
These handsome galoots may cheat on their spouses or worse, but this allows the women to smolder in drifting chiffon.
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Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
Ice cream that dropped from some galoot’s cone, and is now melting on the sidewalk?
Incorrect.
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John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
20 Aug. 2025
But the energetic, foul-mouthed galoot seems mainly focused on drilling through ice for a swim as often as possible.
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Will Tizard,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2024
Our heroes — on a simple quest to find one hulking, hairy galoot — have to traverse a dark, dangerous, and honestly pretty fake-looking forest, filled with enormous insects and other strange surprises.
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Noel Murray,
Vulture,
19 June 2024
Henri was a tall galoot with a hawk nose, very little chin, and a prominent Adam’s apple.
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Lucy Sante,
The New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2023
Nobody plays a big galoot better than Marino and Ron can be profoundly annoying and ridiculous, the worst of the try-hards.
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Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2023
Winston Duke, my favorite big galoot, gets to have a little fun as the garrulous tribal leader M’Baku, but the new character Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who is intended for a Disney+ TV spin-off, feels a bit lost in the shuffle.
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David Sims,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2022
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
These handsome galoots may cheat on their spouses or worse, but this allows the women to smolder in drifting chiffon.
—
Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
Ice cream that dropped from some galoot’s cone, and is now melting on the sidewalk?
Incorrect.
—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
20 Aug. 2025
But the energetic, foul-mouthed galoot seems mainly focused on drilling through ice for a swim as often as possible.
—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2024
Our heroes — on a simple quest to find one hulking, hairy galoot — have to traverse a dark, dangerous, and honestly pretty fake-looking forest, filled with enormous insects and other strange surprises.
—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
19 June 2024
Henri was a tall galoot with a hawk nose, very little chin, and a prominent Adam’s apple.
—
Lucy Sante,
The New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2023
Nobody plays a big galoot better than Marino and Ron can be profoundly annoying and ridiculous, the worst of the try-hards.
—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2023
Winston Duke, my favorite big galoot, gets to have a little fun as the garrulous tribal leader M’Baku, but the new character Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who is intended for a Disney+ TV spin-off, feels a bit lost in the shuffle.
—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
8 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galoot
Noun
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After a lengthy, wide-ranging search for their next coach, the Portland Trail Blazers have chosen one of the guys already at the front of the line.
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Alcantara has never been known as a strikeout guy.
Noun
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Take The Music Lesson, a study of a young woman playing the virginal, closely watched by a gentleman, which Graham-Dixon reads as a depiction of Collegiants chastely performing and singing psalms.
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That is some business that the gentlemen are discussing.
Noun
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There, an adult male was suffering from an apparent gunshot.
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Two districts, Ann Arbor Public Schools and Monroe Public Schools, are being investigated for allegedly allowing biological males to compete against girls.
Noun
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Not the fun stuff — waving down at your antlike neighbors, chatting up green alien dudes — but the dicey stuff like zero gravity and sound and communication distortions?
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But when danger walks in courtesy of a very large and formidable alien, Kara walks out and throws hands at the dude.
Noun
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Suarez, the Braves’ setup man, and arguably the team’s top offseason acquisition, was an All-Star closer for the Padres the past two seasons.
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Nationally, women receive an average of $1,760 monthly in Social Security, $438 less than the $2,198 men receive on average.
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“Galoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galoot. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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