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Noun: stooge  stooj
  1. A person of unquestioning obedience
    "a slavish stooge to the party bosses";
    - flunky, flunkey, yes-man
     
  2. Someone who is the target of ridicule or pranks
    - butt
Verb: stooge  stooj
  1. (dramaturgy) act as the stooge
    "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian"
     
  2. Act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner
    "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator"
     
  3. (air travel) cruise in slow or routine flights

Derived forms: stooged, stooges, stooging

Type of: acolyte, act, behave, cruise, do, dupe, follower, play, playact, roleplay, victim

Encyclopedia: Stooge