galoot
galoot — noun
1. an informal word for a person — usually a man — who is clumsy, awkward, or behav
an informal word for a person — usually a man — who is clumsy, awkward, or behaves in a way that other people find annoying or unacceptable
Reema tripped at her own wedding, and her brother grinned and called her a galoot.
informal insult used playfully between siblings
Théo knocked over a display of cans at the store, and the manager called him a clumsy galoot.
Hiro's colleagues called him a galoot after he spilled tea on the new office carpet.
Beatriz laughed and called her cousin a galoot when he locked his keys in the car.
Apinya tripped over a chair at the restaurant and muttered, "What a galoot I am!"
- oaf
Similar meaning of clumsiness but sounds harsher and less playful
- lout
Focuses more on bad manners or rudeness than on physical clumsiness
- clodhopper
More old-fashioned and specifically suggests a clumsy, heavy-footed person
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Often used as a mild, sometimes affectionate insult among friends or family, rather than with real anger. Less common in modern American English than in earlier decades.