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goofball

[ goof-bawl ]

noun

, Slang.
  1. an extremely incompetent, eccentric, or silly person.
  2. a pill containing a barbiturate or a tranquilizing drug.


goofball

/ ˈɡuːfˌbɔːl /

noun

  1. a barbiturate sleeping pill
  2. a fool


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Word History and Origins

Origin of goofball1

First recorded in 1935–40; goof + ball 1

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Example Sentences

Nobody died from Ebola, or ISIS or Honduran children, unless it was in a goofball-induced, Louie Gohmert fever dream.

For a time he had a crush on a girl in our class who thought he was an immature goofball.

But, at least it gives future goofball candidates a roadmap in Idaho.

I see shades of Elizabeth Murray and Carrol Dunham and much younger goofball painters.

Entertainment became a series of goofball, anything-goes hijinks.

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