| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| goofball |
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| SYLLABICATION: | goof·ball |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g f bôl |
| NOUN: | 1. Slang A foolish, incompetent, or stupid person. 2. A barbiturate or tranquilizer pill, especially when taken for nonmedical purposes. | | ADJECTIVE: | Silly or outlandish: “Underneath his goofball braggadocio lies a kind of purity” (David Ansen).
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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