galoot

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• Galoot — is an old word used, primarily in Scotland, that means a person with an ungainly, cumbersome, and clumsy personality.Within Internet based woodworking communities, a galoot is a hand tool aficionado, specifically old hand tools. This is… …   Wikipedia

• Galoot — Ga*loot , n. A noisy, swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy. [Slang, U. S.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• galoot — awkward or boorish man, 1812, nautical, raw recruit, green hand, apparently originally a sailor s contemptuous word for soldiers or marines, of uncertain origin. Dictionary of American Slang proposes galut, Sierra Leone creole form of Sp. galeoto …   Etymology dictionary

• galoot — [gə lo͞ot′] n. [orig., naval slang < ?] Slang a person, esp. an awkward, ungainly person …   English World dictionary

• galoot — I Australian Slang a foolish person II Scottish Vernacular Dictionary An idiot. Yah big galoot ye, yuv let the aligator oot …   English dialects glossary

• galoot — ga|loot [gəˈlu:t] n AmE old fashioned someone who is not at all graceful and does not dress neatly ▪ You clumsy galoot! …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• galoot — n A strong, soft hearted man. The big galoot brought me flowers after chasing away that wolf Hans from next door. 1860s …   Historical dictionary of American slang

• galoot — noun (C) AmE informal someone who is not at all graceful and does not dress neatly: You clumsy galoot! …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• galoot — /gəˈlut / (say guh looht) noun Colloquial an awkward, silly person: silly galoot. Also, galloot. {19th century British nautical slang; origin unknown} …  

• galoot — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1818 slang fellow; especially one who is strange or foolish …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• galoot — /geuh looht /, n. Slang. an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person. Also, galloot. [1805 15; orig. uncert.] * * * …   Universalium