stooges

Meaning of stooges

plural noun
  1. a subordinate used by another to do unpleasant routine work.
    party stooges put there to do a job on behalf of central office
  2. a performer whose act involves being the butt of a comedian's jokes.
    the stooge is offstage
verb, 3rd person present
  1. move about aimlessly; drift or cruise.
    she stooged around in the bathroom for a while
  2. perform a role that involves being the butt of a comedian's jokes.
    his accent became popular through his stooging for comedians

early 20th century: of unknown origin.

Information about stooges

  • The singular form of stooges is: stooge.
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Hyphenation of stooges

stooges

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • stooges is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

stooges synonyms

Meaning a person lower in status or rank:

underling

Meaning a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one:

minion

Meaning a person who is obsequiously willing to obey or serve another person:

lackey

Meaning a person under the authority or control of another within an organization:

subordinate

Meaning a person who ranks below a senior person:

assistant

Meaning a faithful follower or political supporter, especially one prepared to engage in crime or violence by way of service:

henchman

Meaning a follower or subordinate of a powerful person, typically one who is unscrupulous or carries out orders unquestioningly:

myrmidon

Meaning a person, group, or country under the control of another:

puppet

Meaning a person used by others for their own purposes:

pawn

Meaning a person who is exploited or made use of:

instrument

Meaning a person used or exploited by another:

tool

Meaning a person or organization considered to be under the complete control of another:

creature

Meaning a person's assistant or close associate, especially one who has less authority than that person:

sidekick

Meaning a person who is given menial tasks to do, especially a junior in an office:

dogsbody

Meaning a dog of a breed (of which there are several varieties) with a curly coat that is often ornamentally clipped. Poodle breeds are classified by size:

poodle

Meaning a female domestic servant who performs menial tasks:

skivvy

Meaning a push or blow, especially one given with the head:

butt

Meaning the track or scent of a hunted animal:

foil

Words that rhyme with stooges

camboges, gamboges, doges, agoges, anagoges, apagoges, epagoges, isagoges, paragoges, pishoges, horologes, loges, Limoges, scarmoges, crannoges, Scrooges, scrooges, smooges, Allobroges, toges, Voges

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