goofball
adjEtymology From goof + -ball.
1
Informal Silly.
- He announced, with his usual goofball humor, that he'd like to marry me!
- Derived terms
- goofballery, goofballness, spoofball
goofball
nounUS /ˈɡufˌbɔl/
Etymology From goof + -ball.
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.
2
Medicine, Pharmacology, Sciences Informal A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects, especially a barbiturate.
- Strong Cobb & Co. of Cleveland announced a new barbiturate which in overlarge doses will turn the stomachs of "goofball" addicts and would-be suicides.1953 April 27, “Capsules”, in Time:
- That night Marylou took everything in the books; she took tea, goofballs, benny, liquor, and even asked Old Bull for a shot of M, which of course he didn’t give her; he did give her a martini.1957 September 5, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, New York, N.Y.: Viking Press, →OCLC: