goober
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goober
- /ˈɡuːbə/ UK
- /ˈɡubɚ/ US
Rhymes with -uːbə(ɹ)
noun goobers · gouber
- A peanut. A few bags Gouber Pea, or Ground Pea
- A Georgian or North Carolinian, particularly one from the pine forests of the Sandhills region. Conscripts by the dozen... Come pouring in the Castle... Some from Mississippi state and “Goobers” from Tar river.
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A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person.
For Ralph, any encouragement is too much. When Lisa gives Ralph a valentine bearing that locomotive pun that so affected The Simpsons’ showrunner, Ralph misinterprets the gesture as a genuine display of romantic interest rather than a gesture of pity from a thoughtful young geek to a friendless goob
Similar: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon
- A quantity of sputum. […] spat a goober into the sunbaked dust between them […]
verb goobers · goobering · goobered · gouber
- To drool or dribble.
- To drip or slather; to apply a gooey substance to a surface.
Talk about this word "goober." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/goober. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. goober. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/goober "goober." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/goober.Cite this
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title = {goober},
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