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Stooge   /studʒ/   Listen
Stooge

noun
1.
A person of unquestioning obedience.  Synonyms: flunkey, flunky, yes-man.
2.
A victim of ridicule or pranks.  Synonyms: butt, goat, laughingstock.
verb
1.
Cruise in slow or routine flights.
2.
Act as the stooge.
3.
Act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner.






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"Stooge" Quotes from Famous Books



... watch. "You're wrong, Senator. This place was vacated exactly an hour and fifteen minutes after your stooge used his court order to ...
— Ten From Infinity • Paul W. Fairman

... criminis [Lat.]; socius criminis [Lat.]. aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal; right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer; candle- holder, bottle-holder; handmaid; servant &c 746; puppet, cat's-paw, jackal^. tool, dupe, stooge, ame damnee [Fr.]; satellite, adherent. votary; sectarian, secretary; seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator; angel (theater, entertainment). friend ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... that guy was plugging for you!" Ray said. "And see how he managed to slide in that bit about corruption, right before his stooge ...
— Null-ABC • Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire



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