Bluto

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Bluto

Rhymes with -uːtəʊ

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Fictional character name for the antagonist of Popeye coined in 1932 by cartoonist Elzie Crisler Segar.

proper noun

  1. A man who is large and muscular in top-heavy proportions, often combined with a comically brutish and aggressive personality. He was built like Bluto. "Who the hell are you?" he said.

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name the antagonist of Popeye

PortuguêsBrutus
العربيةبلوتو blūtō

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"Bluto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bluto. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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Bluto. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bluto

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"Bluto." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bluto.

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@misc{bluto_2026,
  title = {Bluto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bluto},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}