patsy (redirected from patsies)

pat·sy  (pts)

n. pl. pat·sies Slang

A person easily taken advantage of, cheated, blamed, or ridiculed.

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[Perhaps from Italian pazzo, fool, from Old Italian paccio.]

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patsy [ˈpætsɪ]

n pl -sies Slang chiefly US and Canadian

1. a person who is easily cheated, victimized, etc.

2. a scapegoat

[of unknown origin]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

patsy - a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of chump, fall guy, gull, soft touch, sucker, mug, fool, mark dupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled

Translations

patsy [ˈpætsɪ] N (US) → bobo/a m/f, primo m

patsy [ˈpætsi] n (US) (= mug) → pigeon m

patsy

n (US inf) (= scapegoat) → Sündenbock m; (= easy victim) → Leichtgläubige(r) mf; (= weak man) → Schlappschwanz m (inf), → Schwächling m