stooge
32
7.9
- noun
- /stuːdʒ/
- Offensive
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títere
- OK, then we have this Russian stooge who is a foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump.
He did not have in place enough lackeys and stooges to pull it off the first time.
- He did not have in place enough lackeys and stooges to pull it off the first time.
- On the count of criminal oafishness and being just a overall stooge and goober.
- OK, then we have this Russian stooge who is a foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump.
Examples
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No one wants to be regarded as an American stooge in the prideful arena of Iraqi politics.
Blog text (20) -
At such times, he seemed less a beacon than they claimed, more like a stooge.
Fiction book (1990) -
Say, what am I, an actor or a stooge?
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Just another Zorin stooge, Mr... whatever your name was.
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Steve is as far from anyone's stooge as you can be, particularly in industry.
Blog text (23) -
In no instance, however, did their leaders "compromise their own national interests or become Soviet stooges."
Academic text (2001) -
Well, of course, he is clearly seen by everybody else as not one of Pericles boys, not a stooge of Pericles.
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I do not support the work of imperialist stooges.
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Many sportsmen are reviled as over-privileged stooges of the regime; the coaches have retired or gone abroad.
Academic text (1994) -
In the comedy show, he was always the stooge who fell for the tricks and jokes played by the others.
Synonyms
151
6.3
A person who others make jokes about to laugh at
24
5.5
A person or thing that others make fun of for seeming silly
16
8.8
A person who is blamed or teased by others in a group
16
8.0
A person who runs small errands and obeys a boss
4
9.1
A person who is easily fooled or behaves foolishly
4
8.1
A person who always agrees with people in power to please them
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Etymology
Stooge comes from old stage and vaudeville shows where a performer was placed to take the jokes or to help the main star. Think of 'The Three Stooges' — they were comic helpers who looked foolish, which is why a stooge today is someone who is used by others or made the target of jokes.