slang
as in guy
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 galoot But the energetic, foul-mouthed galoot seems mainly focused on drilling through ice for a swim as often as possible. Will Tizard, Variety, 3 Nov. 2024 Our heroes — on a simple quest to find one hulking, hairy galoot — have to traverse a dark, dangerous, and honestly pretty fake-looking forest, filled with enormous insects and other strange surprises. Noel Murray, Vulture, 19 June 2024 Henri was a tall galoot with a hawk nose, very little chin, and a prominent Adam’s apple. Lucy Sante, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023 Nobody plays a big galoot better than Marino and Ron can be profoundly annoying and ridiculous, the worst of the try-hards. Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023 Winston Duke, my favorite big galoot, gets to have a little fun as the garrulous tribal leader M’Baku, but the new character Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who is intended for a Disney+ TV spin-off, feels a bit lost in the shuffle. David Sims, The Atlantic, 8 Nov. 2022 Stefan, if something of a sad sack, is also a charming big galoot who sincerely believes in love. Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022 And yes, that left-handed galoot in the fairway goes by the name of Phil Mickelson. David Weiss, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020 In other Gronkowski news, the big galoot has always been generous with his time and his compassion. Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for galoot
Noun
  • Show me another time in the history of New York sports when there was a vacancy involving a big job like this and the guy conducting the search for a replacement tried to interview a bunch of guys under contract somewhere else.
    Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
  • Sometimes, those father figures were uncles, pastors, barbers, or that older guy from the block.
    Conial Caldwell Jr, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • Gen was stupidly tall and although her shoes were falling apart, her relaxed, graceful pace made Emily think of paintings of gentlemen from bygone eras, the kind on paperbacks like The Age of Innocence.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
  • Take, for instance, the scenes when Penelope tries to flirt with a gentlemen for the first time.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 6 June 2025
Noun
  • Suspect is white male, brown hair, wearing black body armor over blue shirt and blue pants and may misrepresent himself as law enforcement.
    Ben Kelly Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 June 2025
  • The group of immigrants comprised of 12 males, 12 females and an 11-year-old child.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2025
Noun
  • Those viral moments shifted her audience away from indie-loving Pitchfork dudes and toward a younger, more female crowd; her recent shows have been marked by throngs of adoring fangirls.
    Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 5 June 2025
  • The recognizable beat plays as two muscled dudes take apart the front room of a two-story house.
    Bob Verini, Variety, 4 June 2025
Noun
  • Real Quiet is denied the Triple Crown when Victory Gallop edges him at the wire in the Belmont Stakes. 1999 — Andre Agassi rallies to win the French Open and become the fifth man to complete a career Grand Slam.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2025
  • Kim Ng, who became the first female GM in the history of major North American men’s pro team sports when the Miami Marlins hired her to run the team’s baseball operations in 2020, is taking on a new challenge: building softball’s version of the WNBA.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 6 June 2025

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“Galoot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/galoot. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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