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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Sure, the park draws scores of tourists and drunk goofballs from April through September, but hard-core baseball fans are packing the park and hanging on every Pat Hughes enunciated syllable. Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025 No one brings out Kendrick’s inner goofball like Baby Keem. 93. Stephen Kearse, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025 He’s supposed to be the foulmouthed, gutter-minded, fourth-wall-breaking goofball of the Marvel empire, a darling to both comic geeks and those who imagine themselves above the superhero fray. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 July 2024 Von, an infectiously affable guy with a mullet, presents himself as a curious goofball with essentially no prior knowledge on any topic. Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2025 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 22 Apr. 2025.

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