Usually means: Inexperienced or incompetent boxer, fighter.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. palooka: Merriam-Webster
  2. palooka: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. palooka: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. palooka: Collins English Dictionary
  5. palooka: Vocabulary.com
  6. Palooka, palooka: Wordnik
  7. palooka: Wiktionary
  8. palooka: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. palooka: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. palooka: Dictionary.com
  11. palooka: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Palooka (film), Palooka: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. palooka: Rhymezone
  14. palooka: FreeDictionary.org
  15. palooka: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. palooka: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Palooka: World Wide Words

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. palooka: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. palooka: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Palooka: Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: Hardboiled Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (palooka)

▸ noun:  (US slang) A stupid, oafish or clumsy person.
▸ noun:  (US, boxing, bridge, etc) Someone incompetent or untalented.

Similar:
stumblebum, galoot, pillock, ploppy, looby, lookie-loo, looky-loo, lookie-lou, lunk, schloomp, more...

Opposite:
champion, winner, victor

Phrases:
Joe Palooka, more...


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Similar:
stumblebum, galoot, pillock, ploppy, looby, lookie-loo, looky-loo, lookie-lou, lunk, schloomp, more...

Opposite:
champion, winner, victor

Phrases:
Joe Palooka, more...



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