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palooka
pa·loo·ka P0031600 (pə-lo͞o′kə)n.1. Sports An incompetent or easily defeated athlete, especially a prizefighter.2. Slang A stupid or clumsy person.
[Origin unknown.]palooka (pəˈluːkə) nslang US a stupid or clumsy boxer or other person[C20: origin uncertain]pa•loo•ka (pəˈlu kə)
n., pl. -kas. Slang. 1. an athlete, esp. a boxer, lacking in ability or experience. 2. oaf. [1920–25, orig. uncertain] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | palooka - a second-rate prize fighterstumblebumboxer, pugilist - someone who fights with his fists for sport |
palooka
palooka1. A foolish, clumsy, inept person. Some palooka has been knocking stuff off the shelves as they go by with their shopping cart. Oh, look what you did, you big palooka—you broke it!2. An unskilled or incompetent professional boxer. That palooka ain't gonna last a minute with me in the ring, let alone twelve rounds!palooka and paluka (pəˈlukə) n. a stupid person; an unskilled prizefighter; any mediocre person. (Also a term of address. From the name of the comic-strip prizefighter Joe Palooka.) Tell that stupid palooka to sit down and shut up. palookaA stupid or a clumsy oaf, and by extension, an incompetent prizefighter. Joe Palooka, the heavyweight boxing hero of Ham Fisher's cartoon strip that ran from 1921 to 1984, was anything but inept, but even his skills and the strip's popularity couldn't save the word from its negative meaning. Calling someone a “big palooka,” unless said in a jovial and friendly context, isn't likely to win you any fans and may win you a bloody nose. The word may have been a corruption of “Pollack,” the pejorative term for Polish people.palooka
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