palooka
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Synonyms for palooka
Synonyms
clod, clodhopper, gawk, hulk, lout, lubber, lug, lump, Neanderthal, oaf
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Sylvester Stallone's underdog tale about a struggling palooka given one shot at the heavyweight championship is a stirring sports movie with a level of charm and sweetness that dissipated in the rounds (and rounds) of sequels that followed. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "Essential movies of the 1970s from 'Jaws' to 'Being There'," 25 July 2019 All this real guts and glory in Philadelphia, yet one of the big tourist attractions is to run up the Art Museum steps the way a palooka named Rocky Balboa did on the silver screen. — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, "The Philadelphia 76ers' courtship of LeBron James -- Bill Livingston (photos)," 1 Jan. 2018 The jokes (by screenwriters Van Robichaux and Evan Susser) have all the wit of a punch-drunk palooka. — Michael O'sullivan, The Denver Post, "“Fist Fight”: Feuding high school teachers trade low blows and sophomoric jabs," 17 Feb. 2017 Without it, director Phillipe Falardeau's film would be a fairly unremarkable, fairly familiar ride, telling the tale of a big-hearted but undisciplined palooka whose biggest hurdle in life is his own bad judgment. — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, "'Chuck' movie review: Boxing drama tells the story of 'the real Rocky'," 17 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'palooka.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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