mook
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- noun
- /muːk/
- Offensive
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- As the squad advanced, they encountered several mooks that posed no real threat.
But that's that's an interesting part of the story because the only story here is not mooks, right?
- But that's that's an interesting part of the story because the only story here is not mooks, right?
Examples
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Chemical boosters from down the gravity well are like pyramids versus skyscrapers: you can get there with an army of mooks and a king's ransom, but you don't end up creating a technology or a capital base that makes it easier to repeat.
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In the game, the hero quickly defeats the mooks that stand in his way.
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We gonna take these mooks out or what?
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There were some mooks at that scene that would have torn him apart.
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But that's that's an interesting part of the story because the only story here is not mooks, right?
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Spirit, no, because unlike these mooks, I don't expect to be entertained, and if these entitled white boys want to start some shit, then let's start some shit.
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Also, one point I haven't seen mentioned is that some of the most difficult mooks to fight were Talia's female ninja squad, so there are competent female opponents in the game.
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You know the classic villains' manuals: cannon fodder mooks can't do anything competent. XD
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If he didn't have such a small sack, he would have talked directly to those other two slacking mooks and set his six-legged ass-kicking machine dials to eleven.
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The villain's lair was filled with mooks that were easily dispatched by the players.
Synonyms
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People treated as easily replaced in war or danger
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Soldiers in war who are expected to die and treated with little care
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Someone or something people treat as worthless and easily defeated
A group of weak enemies in a game that are easy to defeat
Antonyms
How Dangerous
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- Offensive
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Mook for a weak, common enemy in games comes from old American slang for a low-level 'thug' or 'fool' used in gangster movies. So calling many small enemies 'mooks' is like calling them cheap little 'goons' you can beat before the boss.