goofball

noun

goof·​ball ˈgüf-ˌbȯl How to pronounce goofball (audio)
1
slang : a barbiturate sleeping pill
2
: a goofy person

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Bad Monkey is a crime series from Scrubs and Shrinking creator Bill Lawrence that never takes itself too seriously but isn’t exactly goofball comedy, either. Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024 What makes this fight truly remarkable, though, is watching Jackie turn from goofball to coldblooded badass with each strike to the nose. Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024 His tribe — not unlike those goofballs on Yanu who repeatedly kept Bhanu around last season — chose to keep Andy and jettison Jon instead. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024 Full House star David Lipper was given the role as goofball rocker Viper as a consolation for a pilot dropped last-minute by NBC, the actor told his former costars Jodie Sweetin and Andrea Barber on their How Rude, Tanneritos! podcast. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for goofball 

Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of goofball was in 1950

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“Goofball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goofball. Accessed 10 Nov. 2024.

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