looby

looby
Synonyms and related words:
Babbitt, Boeotian, Philistine, arriviste, block, blockhead, blunderer, blunderhead, boor, botcher, bounder, bourgeois, bucolic, bumbler, bumpkin, bungler, cad, churl, clod, clodhopper, clodknocker, clot, clown, country bumpkin, dimwit, dolt, donkey, dope, dullard, dumb cluck, dumbbell, dummy, dunce, epicier, farmer, fumbler, gawk, gowk, groundling, guttersnipe, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, hooligan, ill-bred fellow, jobbernowl, klutz, lackwit, lamebrain, lightweight, lobster, loon, lout, low fellow, lubber, lug, lummox, lump, mucker, niais, nincompoop, ninny, ninnyhammer, nitwit, noddy, nouveau riche, oaf, ox, palooka, parvenu, peasant, put, ribald, rough, roughneck, rowdy, rube, ruffian, rustic, slouch, slubberer, stupid, thickwit, upstart, vulgarian, vulgarist, witling, yokel

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Looby — Loo by, n.; pl. {Loobies}. [Cf. {Lob}.] An awkward, clumsy fellow; a lubber. Swift. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • looby — [lo͞o′bē] n. pl. loobies [ME loby, prob. akin to LOB, LUBBER] Chiefly Dial. a big, clumsy fellow; lout …   English World dictionary

  • Looby — Recorded as O Luby, Luby, Lube and Looby, this is an ancient Irish surname. Originally recorded in the Gaelic as O Lubaigh, it has the unusual meaning of The male descendant of the cunning one. This is or was almost certainly a reference to the… …   Surnames reference

  • looby-loo — |lübē|lü noun Etymology: from looby loo, meaningless syllables in the text of the song : a singing game in which children move arms, legs, and head in accordance with the words of the song …   Useful english dictionary

  • looby — noun (plural loobies) Etymology: Middle English loby Date: 14th century an awkward clumsy fellow ; lubber …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • looby — /looh bee/, n., pl. loobies. an awkward person, esp. one who is lazy or stupid; lout; lubber. [1350 1400; ME loby. See LOB1, LUBBER] * * * …   Universalium

  • looby — noun an awkward or clumsy person …   Wiktionary

  • looby — n. lubber, clumsy and stupid person, awkward person; stupid and lazy person; idiot, fool …   English contemporary dictionary

  • looby — n. Lubber, lout, clumsy fellow …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • looby — loo·by …   English syllables

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