"goofball" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡufˌbɔl/ [US] Audio: en-us-goofball.ogg
Rhymes: -uːfbɔːl Etymology: From goof + ball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|goof|ball}} goof + ball Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} goofball (not comparable)
  1. (informal) Silly. Tags: informal, not-comparable Categories (topical): People, Personality Related terms: screwball, doofus, oddball
    Sense id: en-goofball-en-adj-CUJ2v~nT Disambiguation of People: 51 21 28 Disambiguation of Personality: 51 38 12 Categories (other): Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 16 44 40

Noun

IPA: /ˈɡufˌbɔl/ [US] Audio: en-us-goofball.ogg Forms: goofballs [plural]
Rhymes: -uːfbɔːl Etymology: From goof + ball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|goof|ball}} goof + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} goofball (plural goofballs)
  1. (informal, often derogatory, sometimes endearing) A foolish or silly person or animal. Tags: derogatory, endearing, informal, often, sometimes Translations (a foolish or silly person): sufferd (Dutch), idioot (Dutch), abruti [masculine] (French), cloche [feminine] (French), nouille [feminine] (French), Blödmann [masculine] (German), Depp [masculine] (German), дурачок (duračok) [masculine] (Russian), bedak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), blesan [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-goofball-en-noun-oHVjaW4q Categories (other): Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 16 44 40 Disambiguation of 'a foolish or silly person': 97 3
  2. (informal, pharmacology) A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects, especially a barbiturate. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Pharmaceutical drugs, Drugs Translations (pill that has hypnotic or intoxicating effects): Narkotikum [neuter] (German), Beruhigungsmittel [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-goofball-en-noun-BDybndW0 Disambiguation of Drugs: 7 3 90 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 17 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 8 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 8 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 10 79 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 7 80 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 15 13 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 8 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 16 44 40 Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences Disambiguation of 'pill that has hypnotic or intoxicating effects': 10 90

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "Silly",
          "silly"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Silly."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡufˌbɔl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-goofball.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/51/En-us-goofball.ogg/En-us-goofball.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/En-us-goofball.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːfbɔːl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "goofball"
}

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