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"Galoot" is an old word used, primarily in Scotland, that means a person
with an ungainly, cumbersome, and clumsy personality.

"Come here you big 'ol galoot!"
by AmyStarr August 20, 2008
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The safeguarding of Earth and other worlds from biological cross-contamination (i.e. billionaires with too much time on their hands).

Also known as “planetary protection.” Planetary protection / quarantine “reflects both the unknown nature of the space environment and the desire of the scientific community to preserve the pristine nature of celestial bodies until they can be studied in detail.”

There are two types of interplanetary contamination. Forward contamination is the transfer of viable organisms from Earth to another celestial body. Back contamination is the transfer of extraterrestrial organisms, if such exist, back to the Earth's biosphere.
Billionaires are having a dick swinging space race while the earth experiences record breaking heatwaves that cause sea creatures to literally cook inside their shells. We need planetary quarantine.
by monkeylabor July 14, 2021
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also galute

1)n. a big, dumb, rather oafish man
2)n. description that combines the worst aspects of being lazy and fat
3)n. a combination of 1) and 2)

The word galoot is rarely used completely seriously. Instead, it is usually used as playful exaggeration or in self-deprecation. On those rare occasions when it is more directly applied (to others) its light nature gives it the form of mild reproach.
1) You're just a dumb galoot, but I love you anyway.
2) I haven't gotten off my ass all day! I'm such a galoot!
3) You'd have a hard time finding a job, even if you weren't having such a hard time getting out of bed, you big galoot! Don't you know potato chips cost money?
by Jamos February 22, 2005
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Big, dumb individual. An oaf.
"Get the hell outta my saloon, ya redneck galoot!"
by Jenesis September 17, 2004
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A big hulking skanky man whose often clumsy -'first seen on Ren and Stimpy'-
'You big galoot now look what you did!'
by HairMetalGlamRock April 26, 2006
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someone who profers to use old hand tools instead of modern power tools
the galoot really liked to use his hand planer
by crazyshiot June 07, 2009
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