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Definition of Galoot
1. Noun. A disreputable or clumsy man.
Definition of Galoot
1. n. A noisy, swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy.
Definition of Galoot
1. Noun. A clumsy or uncouth person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Galoot
1. an awkward or uncouth person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galoot
Literary usage of Galoot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Other Man's Country: An Appeal to Conscience by Herbert Welsh (1900)
"When Lawton went away the major turned to his man, who was an Irishman, 'You big
galoot; why did you let the General catch you? Now off with you, ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1878)
"It is well worth while making a pilgrimage to galoot. Approaching from the public
road by an avenue that rather reminds one of Christian and the lions, ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"galoot, (nautical), an awkward soldier, a sobriquet for a young marine. In its
early English use it seems to be "an infamous person," and derived from the ..."
4. Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition by Luke Potter Poland, John Scott (1872)
"Yes, sir; and they would say, " come here, you damned galoot, I will guard you
to the ... What is meant by galoot ? Answer. Yes, sir; they drew me up. ..."
5. The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India by Afonso de Albuquerque, Walter de Gray Birch (1877)
"And if all the others had acted likewise the galoot would not have remained on
land, and he himself would not have been killed ; but as it was, ..."
6. The Lyon Campaign in Missouri: Being a History of the First Iowa Infantry by Eugene Fitch Ware (1907)
"The word "galoot" had just been invented and nobody knew its exact meaning, but
the ' patriotic speech of our First Lieu- ..."
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