Meaning

1 senses

  1. To act as a straight man.

    act as the stooge

Examples

5 sentences

  1. I'm not a stooge.

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  2. I never thought you'd stooge for the police.

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  3. He is only someone's stooge.

    ruОн всего лишь чья-то марионетка. — odexed

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  4. Find yourself another stooge!

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  5. The Palestinians think he's an Israeli stooge.

    ruПалестинцы думают, что он израильская марионетка. — Ooneykcall

    deDie Palästinenser halten ihn für einen Handlanger der Israeliten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Origin

Perhaps an abbreviation of Russian студе́нт (studént) [stʊˈdʲent]; the original meaning wa

Perhaps an abbreviation of Russian студе́нт (studént) [stʊˈdʲent]; the original meaning was “stage assistant, actor who assists a comedian”. It may have been a Yiddish vaudeville term.

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Forms

stooges, stooging, stooged, stooged
Base formstooge · to stooge
3rd person singularstooges
Present participlestooging
Past simplestooged
Past participlestooged

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystooge
he, she, itstooges

Past simpleLesson

all personsstooged

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stooged
he, she, ithas stooged

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill stooge

Word family

1 related words
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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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