goofball

noun

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

Examples of goofball in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Awkwafina plays a struggling actress with her life on the line, and John Cena is in earnest goofball mode as the protection agent hired to keep her safe. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024 August 5, 2024 Last night, Tom Holland took his final bow as Romeo in Jamie Lloyd’s latest West End revival, a production that has managed to reposition the goofball Marvel hero as a laddish heartthrob with biceps and a short-back-and-sides. Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for goofball 

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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 4 Oct. 2024.

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