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Recent Examples of galoot
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.
—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
Stefan, if something of a sad sack, is also a charming big galoot who sincerely believes in love.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
And yes, that left-handed galoot in the fairway goes by the name of Phil Mickelson.
—David Weiss, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020
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
Stefan, if something of a sad sack, is also a charming big galoot who sincerely believes in love.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
And yes, that left-handed galoot in the fairway goes by the name of Phil Mickelson.
—David Weiss, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galoot
Noun
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The timeline is squashed because these guys are coming out of college so ready, so physically advanced.—
David Brandt,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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So much for the guy who came up in kitchens where a knife was thrown at your head for slicing a carrot a third of an inch too thick!—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Head coach Jamahl Mosley has made some notable stylistic changes since Orlando’s five-game loss to Boston last spring, but his team still plays with the same physicality that battered the Celtics during that gentlemen’s sweep.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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His father was the fourth generation in a long line of gentlemen ranchers—weekend cowboys who’d made their fortune in Austin as attorneys for large oil companies, but whose identity was still tied to the thousands of acres that the family owned near Marfa.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The report states authorities were initially called because a male was seen vaping on the plane, which is a federal offense.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
10 Apr. 2026
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Neukgu, a roughly two-year-old male wolf weighing about 35 kilograms (77 lbs), appeared to have slipped out of the O-World zoo in Daejeon on Wednesday morning by burrowing under a fence, a zoo official said.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Just an incredible dude all around.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2026
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Look, no one is buying this book because a so-so looking white dude who’s clearly neither young nor old, wrote this thing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Five of the eight people arrested in connection with last year's Esparto explosion, which killed seven men, were arraigned in Yolo County court on Monday.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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One man does it and the other becomes obsessed with figuring out how; then the dynamic reverses itself.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Galoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galoot. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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