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 But Margolin places the goofball senior-citizen action alongside a family drama, a family whose oldest and youngest members are trying to sort out their place in the world, and how that place is changing. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2024 The brotherly, goofball cop (Marcus) and aggressive straight-man cop (Mike) dynamic fuels the Bad Boys franchise, and fans can't get enough of it. Rendy Jones, EW.com, 12 June 2024 However, the poorly kept secret to Brolin’s success is that just beneath the stony exterior beats the heart of a strange bird; a total goofball. Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2024 Ryan Gosling is a wonderfully expressive goofball in The Fall Guy. Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 3 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for goofball 

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Word History

First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 Jul. 2024.

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