Palooka

Definition: Palooka

Palooka

Noun

1. A second-rate prize fighter.

Synonym: Palooka

Synonym: stumblebum (n). (additional references)

Modern Usage: Palooka

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I ain't your friend, palooka. (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary)
Movie/TV Titles	The Joe Palooka Story (1954) Joe Palooka in Triple Cross (1951) Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946) Champ Joe Palooka (1946) The Pigskin Palooka (1937)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Palooka

Domain	Title
Books	Thin Man: The Passionate Palooka Cassette (Mm6684) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Joe Palooka (reference) Palooka (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Palooka

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
palooka	12
joe palooka	11
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Palooka

Language		Translations for "palooka"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		njeri pa tru (rattle-brain, rattle-pated), boksier i keq. (various references)

Hungarian		nagy mafla, erős de buta ember, ügyetlen bokszoló. (various references)

Pig Latin		alookapay.(various references)

Turkish		yontulmamış adam, kalas herif, beceriksiz boksör. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Palooka

Derivations
	Words beginning with "palooka": palookas. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Palooka" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: allotoca, Aloka, Jajouka, Kalooki, Nalepka, Pagliuca, Pajoca, Pakoku, Palakona, Paleologa, Palika, paloka, Palona, palooca, Pianovka, plook. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Palooka

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-k-l-o-o-p"
	-2 letters: kalpa, koala, polka, pooka.
	-3 letters: kapa, kola, kolo, look, loop, opal, polo, pool.
	-4 letters: aal, ala, alp, koa, kop, lap, loo, lop, oak, oka, pal, pol.
	-5 letters: aa, al, ka, la, lo, op, pa.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-k-l-o-o-p"
	+1 letter: palookas.
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