Thesaurus results for GALOOTS

galoots

noun

plural of galoot, slang

as in guys

an adult male human being he's a bighearted galoot, even if he's not the sharpest tool in the shed

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Recent Examples of galoots Phillies fans still love their collection of scruffy galoots. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 15 July 2026 The pair come off less as cybercriminal masterminds than as galumphing galoots—that is to say, a pair of bumbling oafs who thought that asking AI how to cover their tracks was going to keep them out of federal prison. — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026 These handsome galoots may cheat on their spouses or worse, but this allows the women to smolder in drifting chiffon. — Libby Gelman-Waxner, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2026

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Noun

Those were the guys that brought home the Astros’ first World Series championship, as Henderson’s Brewers are trying to do for Milwaukee.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Milwaukee also developed such top guys as Brice Turang (1st round), Garrett Mitchell (1st round), Sal Frelick (1st round) and Cooper Pratt (6th round), among others.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of guys

Noun

The Secret Service found that nearly all of the attacks were carried out by males who acted alone.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
Under Coventry, the most notable change came earlier this year, when the IOC explicitly banned biological males from women's sports.

— Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of males

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the decidedly forgettable experience of falling for a phishing scam—or in this case, the simulation of one.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what’s known in the editing bay as foreshadowing.

— Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of gentlemen

Noun

The data dudes have created their place, and value, in every sport, and percentages direct possessions, matchups and everything else.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Oct. 2026
The whole point of the ad was to get dudes to sign up for a Novig account and start hammering parlays this football season.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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