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单词 goofball
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Definition of goofball in English:

goofball

nounˈɡuːfbɔːlˈɡufˌbɔl
North American informal
  • 1A naive or stupid person.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Had not Wray come up with this magical concept, I would never have enjoyed so many hours in garages and basements with other like-minded goofballs as a teenager.
    • And you know, I got to tell you, my brother's a little bit of a goofball.
    • It's gotten to the point where the protesters are pretty much all goofballs.
    • No wonder Jim Jeffords wanted nothing to do with these goofballs.
    • By the pictures that I'm seen of him, he's a big goofball.
    • As his views and his persona both became better known, he was widely regarded as a goofball.
    • Hollywood's show biz kids seem to take particular pleasure in pillorying goofballs, which hardly satisfies.
    • In fact, though, they are largely the same goofballs that show up wherever people meet to talk about free trade.
    • Well, he's a goofball with a penchant for cracking idiotic quips during combat.
    • The Folk Fest, on the other hand, has a town full of goofballs who insist that ‘headliners’ are what it needs more than anything else.
    • This goofball has been showered with tens of millions of dollars by his American fans, who have even humored his fantasy that he can sing, or rap, or whatever.
    • He's a goofball and always has been; you can see it in the pictures from his youth and from Vietnam.
    • He doesn't manage to be a goofball every single moment, but there are aspects of his performance that are goofball-ish.
    • I was working my way down my normal jogging path on S Street in Dupont Circle when a little goofball on a skateboard - maybe 13 years old or so - was coming toward me and stumbled and fell in my direction.
    • Brad is the kindest person I know and the sweetest goofball on the planet.
    • Are you going to roll on the floor laughing at these two goofballs?
    • And don't worry, I'm developing a character and a costume and I'll make an extra effort to be the biggest goofball on stage that night.
    • And a redheaded goofball named Grant sticks his fist in his mouth.
    • When she's not doing some wild stunt - and she insists on doing the stunts herself - she's being a goofball.
    • Cameron is a goofball about stuff other than health but he's so sweet about it that I just giggle.
    Synonyms
    idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod
  • 2A narcotic drug in the form of a pill, especially a barbiturate.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here's a little checklist to see if your fitness instructor is selling goofballs in the shower.
    • In Vanishing Point, a man known only as Kowalski gets hepped up on goofballs and bets that he can drive a white Dodge Challenger muscle car from Denver to San Francisco in approximately 15 hours.
    • I thought goofballs disappeared along with bennies, zoot suits and Vault of Horror comics.
 
 

Definition of goofball in US English:

goofball

nounˈɡufˌbɔlˈɡo͞ofˌbôl
North American informal
  • 1A naive, silly, or stupid person.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Folk Fest, on the other hand, has a town full of goofballs who insist that ‘headliners’ are what it needs more than anything else.
    • In fact, though, they are largely the same goofballs that show up wherever people meet to talk about free trade.
    • Well, he's a goofball with a penchant for cracking idiotic quips during combat.
    • Hollywood's show biz kids seem to take particular pleasure in pillorying goofballs, which hardly satisfies.
    • Had not Wray come up with this magical concept, I would never have enjoyed so many hours in garages and basements with other like-minded goofballs as a teenager.
    • No wonder Jim Jeffords wanted nothing to do with these goofballs.
    • This goofball has been showered with tens of millions of dollars by his American fans, who have even humored his fantasy that he can sing, or rap, or whatever.
    • By the pictures that I'm seen of him, he's a big goofball.
    • Cameron is a goofball about stuff other than health but he's so sweet about it that I just giggle.
    • When she's not doing some wild stunt - and she insists on doing the stunts herself - she's being a goofball.
    • And a redheaded goofball named Grant sticks his fist in his mouth.
    • And don't worry, I'm developing a character and a costume and I'll make an extra effort to be the biggest goofball on stage that night.
    • And you know, I got to tell you, my brother's a little bit of a goofball.
    • Brad is the kindest person I know and the sweetest goofball on the planet.
    • I was working my way down my normal jogging path on S Street in Dupont Circle when a little goofball on a skateboard - maybe 13 years old or so - was coming toward me and stumbled and fell in my direction.
    • He doesn't manage to be a goofball every single moment, but there are aspects of his performance that are goofball-ish.
    • As his views and his persona both became better known, he was widely regarded as a goofball.
    • Are you going to roll on the floor laughing at these two goofballs?
    • He's a goofball and always has been; you can see it in the pictures from his youth and from Vietnam.
    • It's gotten to the point where the protesters are pretty much all goofballs.
    Synonyms
    idiot, ass, halfwit, nincompoop, blockhead, buffoon, dunce, dolt, ignoramus, cretin, imbecile, dullard, moron, simpleton, clod
  • 2A narcotic drug in pill form, especially a barbiturate.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In Vanishing Point, a man known only as Kowalski gets hepped up on goofballs and bets that he can drive a white Dodge Challenger muscle car from Denver to San Francisco in approximately 15 hours.
    • I thought goofballs disappeared along with bennies, zoot suits and Vault of Horror comics.
    • Here's a little checklist to see if your fitness instructor is selling goofballs in the shower.
 
 
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