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palookas

palookas is the plural of palooka.

Meaning of palooka

Noun

palooka (plural palookas)

  1. (US, slang) A stupid, oafish or clumsy person.
    • What’s more, Friends offers someone for everyone: a tall, dorky, insecure guy (David Schwimmer); a ditzy, guitar-strumming blonde (Lisa Kudrow); a handsome, jean-clad palooka (Matt LeBlanc); a sarcastic, 9-to-5-ing funnyman ([Matthew] Perry); a dark-haired, blue-eyed Veronica (Courteney Cox); and a...1996 March 7, Rich Cohen, “Jennifer Aniston: The Girl Friend”, in Rolling Stone
  2. (US, etc) Someone incompetent or untalented.
    • But [Jack] Dempsey against some palooka who had been press agented into greatness and into the form of a Dempsey menace — that would pack any outdoor arena.1923 March, Lincoln Star, Nebraska

Questions about palookas

What is palookas the plural of?
Palookas is the plural of palooka.

Words near palookas in the dictionary

  1. palones
  2. Palong
  3. palonidipine
  4. palonosetron
  5. palooka
  6. palookas
  7. Palookaville
  8. Paloona
  9. palooza
  10. paloozas
  11. palopegteriparatide

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