What does palooka mean?
Palooka means (US, slang) A stupid, oafish or clumsy person..
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/pəˈluːkə/ · noun
(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 spoiled suburban princess just finding her legs ([Jennifer] Aniston).
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.
Butch: Lookin' at somethin', friend? Vincent: I ain't your friend, palooka.
Use palooka when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Palooka means (US, slang) A stupid, oafish or clumsy person..
Common synonyms include stumblebum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 spoiled suburban princess just finding her legs ([Jennifer] Aniston).
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