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noun
- 1. a clumsy or stupid person (often as a term of abuse). informal North American, Scottish
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A galoot is a slang term for a fellow, especially one who is strange or foolish. Learn the origin, synonyms, examples, and related words of galoot from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
A galoot is a clumsy, foolish, or silly person. If your brother stumbles and drops an entire pizza on the kitchen floor, you'll be tempted to call him a galoot.
Galoot definition: an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person.. See examples of GALOOT used in a sentence.
A galoot is a slang term for a clumsy or uncouth person, mainly used in the US. The word has an unknown origin and is first recorded in the period 1805–15.
Define galoot. galoot synonyms, galoot pronunciation, galoot translation, English dictionary definition of galoot. also gal·loot n. Slang A person, especially a clumsy or uncouth one. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
The earliest known use of the noun galoot is in the 1800s. OED's earliest evidence for galoot is from 1808, in the writing of ‘A Naval Officer’. galoot is of unknown origin.
A galoot is a person, especially an awkward, ungainly person. The word is of unknown origin and has no similar words in the dictionary.
