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Definition of palooka in English: palookanoun pəˈluːkəpəˈlukə North American informal 1A stupid, clumsy, or uncouth person. 〈北美〉笨手笨脚的人；笨蛋 these bearded, stumbling palookas in their peasants' breeches Example sentencesExamples - And frankly, a palooka Rollins is: covered head to toe with tattoos and belching metallic tales of power run amok and self-sufficiency.
- Unless they're all palookas from the South Side, the writers come from leafy suburbs; and that loading zone behind the shopping center is not an alley.
- They get called all kinds of names: tomato can, palooka, trial horse.
- The other type of palooka is more difficult to recognize, but more valuable - the stooge.
- Should the two palookas with the hardware be in cahoots or feeling underpaid, they would have loved to learn of the $11,000 in traveller's checks, $1, 000 camera, credit card, and Canadian passport I was packing.
- The 20-something Reeve who shot to fame in the first Superman movie was an attractive man - much handsomer than the block-jawed palooka of the original comic books.
- Maybe it's the only reason Neo's been hanging out with an old palooka like me.
Synonyms lout, boor, barbarian, neanderthal, churl, clown, gawk, hulk, bumpkin, yokel - 1.1dated An inferior or average prize fighter.
〈美，非正式，旧〉水平很差（或一般）的拳击手 he was just another palooka trying to muscle in on the fight racket Example sentencesExamples - Like the palooka who pulls himself up off the canvas after each knockdown, the dedicated employee is expected never to waver, no matter what battering he takes.
- One boxer has plenty of pop, can hit bad pitches, and is a fun at-bat, while the other is your average palooka with a wood stick.
- And then there was a big, brawling, pockmarked palooka with tight curly hair and a big gut whose huge, ham-hock hands relentlessly pounded his victims into total, abject submission.
- Relegated to fighting palookas in tiny towns, he was asked to tape a 10-second promotion for a local TV station in Florida.
- It's not that Buchanan doesn't make any good points; in any melee, any palooka with a wild swing is bound to land a punch or two.
- Tyson was the palooka in his last fight, knocked out by Danny Williams in the fourth round last July 30.
Origin1920s: of unknown origin (popularized by the comic strip character Joe Palooka, a well-meaning but clumsy prize fighter). Rhymesbazooka, euchre, farruca, lucre, pooka, rebuker, snooker, Stuka, verruca Definition of palooka in US English: palookanounpəˈlo͞okəpəˈlukə North American informal 1A stupid, clumsy, or uncouth person. 〈北美〉笨手笨脚的人；笨蛋 these bearded, stumbling palookas in their peasants' breeches Example sentencesExamples - And frankly, a palooka Rollins is: covered head to toe with tattoos and belching metallic tales of power run amok and self-sufficiency.
- They get called all kinds of names: tomato can, palooka, trial horse.
- Unless they're all palookas from the South Side, the writers come from leafy suburbs; and that loading zone behind the shopping center is not an alley.
- The other type of palooka is more difficult to recognize, but more valuable - the stooge.
- Maybe it's the only reason Neo's been hanging out with an old palooka like me.
- Should the two palookas with the hardware be in cahoots or feeling underpaid, they would have loved to learn of the $11,000 in traveller's checks, $1, 000 camera, credit card, and Canadian passport I was packing.
- The 20-something Reeve who shot to fame in the first Superman movie was an attractive man - much handsomer than the block-jawed palooka of the original comic books.
Synonyms lout, boor, barbarian, neanderthal, churl, clown, gawk, hulk, bumpkin, yokel - 1.1dated An inferior or average prizefighter.
〈美，非正式，旧〉水平很差（或一般）的拳击手 he was just another palooka trying to muscle in on the fight racket Example sentencesExamples - And then there was a big, brawling, pockmarked palooka with tight curly hair and a big gut whose huge, ham-hock hands relentlessly pounded his victims into total, abject submission.
- Like the palooka who pulls himself up off the canvas after each knockdown, the dedicated employee is expected never to waver, no matter what battering he takes.
- One boxer has plenty of pop, can hit bad pitches, and is a fun at-bat, while the other is your average palooka with a wood stick.
- Tyson was the palooka in his last fight, knocked out by Danny Williams in the fourth round last July 30.
- Relegated to fighting palookas in tiny towns, he was asked to tape a 10-second promotion for a local TV station in Florida.
- It's not that Buchanan doesn't make any good points; in any melee, any palooka with a wild swing is bound to land a punch or two.
Origin1920s: of unknown origin (popularized by the comic strip character Joe Palooka, a well-meaning but clumsy prizefighter). |