stooge
/stuːd͡ʒ/
stooge noun: one who knowingly allows themself to be used for another's profit; a dupe.
Noun
stooge (plural stooges)
- One who knowingly allows themself to be used for another's profit; a dupe.
- I'd like to show you what a wipeout looks like from the board. I'm pretty good at getting wiped out, so I'll be the stooge.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer
- A magician's assistant who pretends to be a member of the audience.
- A straight man.
- A secret informant for police.
- A confederate; a person who is secretly working for the researcher, unknown to the study participant.
- Synonyms:
- confederate
Verb
stooge (third-person singular simple present stooges, present participle stooging, simple past and past participle stooged)
- To act as a straight man.
stooge meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi
stooge in Tamil
- இழி கையாள், உடந்தையாள், அடிவருடி, சொம்புதூக்கி, அல்லக்கை ஆமாம்சாமி
stooge in Malayalam
- minion, underling, lackey
- ശിങ്കിടി, പിണിയാൾ, കിങ്കരൻ, ക്ഷുദ്രനിയോഗി, വത്സലഭൃത്യൻ, ദാസ്യമനോഭാവമുള്ള സേവകൻ
- foil, butt, straight man
- പരിഹാസപാത്രം, ശരവ്യം, ഉന്നം, ലക്ഷ്യം, ലാക്ക്, വിദൂഷകൻ്റ പരിഹാസപാത്രം
stooge in Kannada
- ನಗೆಗಾರನ ತೊತ್ತು
stooge in Punjabi
- stooge, underling, accomplice
- ਕਠਪੁਤਲੀ kaṭhputalī
- stooge, henchman, supporter, underling, myrmidon
- ਪਿੱਠੂ piṭṭhū
Synonyms of stooge
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Forms of stooge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | stooges |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | stooges |
| present participle | stooging |
| past participle | stooged |
| past | stooged |
Origin of stooge
Perhaps an abbreviation of Russian студе́нт (studént) [stʊˈdʲent]; the original meaning was “stage assistant, actor who assists a comedian”. It may have been a Yiddish vaudeville term.
Words that rhyme with stooge
Questions about stooge
- What does stooge mean?
- Stooge means one who knowingly allows themself to be used for another's profit; a dupe.
- What is stooge in Tamil?
- Stooge in Tamil is இழி கையாள், உடந்தையாள், அடிவருடி. See Stooge meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is stooge?
- Stooge can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce stooge?
- Stooge is pronounced /stuːd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of stooge?
- The plural of stooge is stooges.
Words near stooge in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stooge (page history and authors); stooge (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stooge (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); stooge (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕਠਪੁਤਲੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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