Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

goby

7 ENTRIES FOUND:

go·by

noun \ˈgō-bē\
plural gobies also goby

Definition of GOBY

: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes (family Gobiidae) that usually have the pelvic fins united to form a ventral sucking disk

Illustration of GOBY

Origin of GOBY

Latin gobius gudgeon, from Greek kōbios
First Known Use: 1769

Rhymes with GOBY

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: go by
Previous Word in the Dictionary: gobstick
All Words Near: goby

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up goby? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).