stooge
[stooj]
noun
an entertainer who feeds lines to the main comedian and usually serves as the butt of his or her jokes.
any underling, assistant, or accomplice.
verb (used without object), stooged, stoog·ing.
to act as a stooge.
Origin of stooge
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; origin uncertain
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Related Words for stooge
puppet, pawn, lackey, fool, sucker, pushover, patsy, victim, chump, flunky, sap, pigeonExamples from the Web for stooge
Contemporary Examples of stooge
Historical Examples of stooge
They tried to tell people what Venus was like, and what lies Carlson and his stooge Jaimison were using for bait.
The Merchants of VenusA. H. Phelps
The papers said that the steel necktie worn by my stooge at the theatre had to be cut off by a water-cooled electric saw.
The Double SpyDan T. Moore
If I'm half as good a stooge as I think I am, we'll be needing overcoats before we get back.
Queen of the Flaming DiamondLeroy Yerxa
If the contest was a part of the day's program, no spectator seemed willing to play "stooge" in this preliminary performance.
David Lannarck, MidgetGeorge S. Harney
And see how he managed to slide in that bit about corruption, right before his stooge handed him that bulletin?
Null-ABCHenry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
stooge
noun
verb (intr)
Word Origin for stooge
C20: of unknown origin
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