magoo n.
1. (US) a lie, a trick, a hoax; thus give the magoo v., to deceive someone.
[ | Knocking the Neighbors 140: He was putting his Nixey Mark on that Green Magoo]. | |
Little Men, Big World 25: I don’t go for that magoo. | ||
Mute Witness (1997) 74: I don’t think she was giving me the magoo at that point. |
2. (US) constr. with the, sex appeal.
Und. Speaks. | ||
Amer. Thes. Sl. §341: Sex appeal [...] (the old) magoo. |
3. (US) an important person.
[title] The Great Magoo. |
4. (US) a foolish person.
Great Magoo 98: If I ever lay my hands on that frizzy little magoo, I’ll maim her for life. |
5. (US campus) a driver, usu. old and male, who drives very slowly and thus impedes the faster car behind.
Sl. U. |