stooge

Speech parts

1. stooge - Noun

2. stooge - Verb

Meaning

act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner

act as the stooge

cruise in slow or routine flights

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

pigeon gull lackey patsy marionette tool parasite puppet goat schilling minion chump instrument slave servant
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Antonyms

guardian comet enemy criminal champion attacker
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Hypernyms

play act cruise behave follower dupe

Hyponyms

April fool pushover

Phrases with the word

stooge about stooge around

Anagrams

Otsego

Examples

If there were an honorable way to get rich, I'd do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn't an honorable way, so I just do what I like. Confucius

He stooged for the flamboyant Senator Source: Internet

His role was to stooge for the popular comedian Source: Internet

After Shemp's death, Moe and Larry were again in need of a third Stooge. Source: Internet

Bernds sensed that routines and plotlines that worked well with Curly as the comic focus did not fit Shemp's persona, and allowed the comedian to develop his own Stooge characterization. Source: Internet

But we need to buck up and elect another neoliberal corporate stooge who's marginally better than the current neoliberal corporate stooge. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

stood up for stood up for oneself stood up to stooge about stooge around stook