stooge

1. 1.

   cruise in slow or routine flights

   Broadercruise

   air travel

2. 2.

   act as the stooge

   “His role was to stooge for the popular comedian”

   Broaderact

   dramaturgy

3. 3.

   act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner

   “He stooged for the flamboyant Senator”

   Broaderact

1. 1.

   a person of unquestioning obedience

   Synonymsflunkyflunkeyyes-man

   Broaderfollower

   Narrowerpushover
2. 2.

   a victim of ridicule or pranks

   Synonymsbuttgoatlaughingstock

   Broadervictim

   NarrowerApril fool

Other forms of stooge

plural

stooges·

past tense

stooged·

present participle

stooging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stooge

What does stooge mean?

stooge means "cruise in slow or routine flights". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stooge?

stooge has 1 syllable: stooge. In IPA it is /ˈstudʒ/.

What is another word for stooge?

Close synonyms include flunky, flunkey, yes-man, butt, goat. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stooge a common word?

stooge is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.