Meaning

2 senses
  1. (derogatory, endearing, informal, often, sometimes)A foolish or silly person or animal.

    If that goofball would put half the effort into her studies as she does into her juggling, she might do very well.

    Blödmann, Depp

    дурачо́кduračók

  2. (informal)A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects, especially a barbiturate.

    Narkotikum, Beruhigungsmittel

More definitions
  • a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
  • a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

Examples

2 sentences
  1. I'm shy at first, but once I trust you I become a quirky goofball.

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  2. Tom is a goofball.

Translations

3 languages
Русский
a foolish or silly person:
Deutsch
a foolish or silly person:
pill that has hypnotic or intoxicating effects:

Origin

From goof + -ball.

From goof + -ball.

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Forms

plural: goofballs
Singulargoofball
Pluralgoofballs

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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