gooly

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gooly

/ˈɡuːli/

Sounds like ghoulie, ghouly · Rhymes with -uːli

Where it comes from

Probably from Hindi गोली (golī, “ball; pill; bullet”) or a cognate in another Indian language, ultimately from Sanskrit गोल (gola, “round; round thing”) + -इका (-ikā). The sense “pebble” in English is the original.

noun goolies · goolie · ghoulie

Ireland, UK, plural normally, singular, slang, vulgar singular of goolies: a testicle. Marcus: Sorry, your "gooly"? Stylax: Yeah. Marcus: You can't have one "gooly". It's just your "goolies". Stylax: No, no, no, no. The whole thing is your goolies, all three of them, but if you're talking about one in particular, you say "gooly".
Australia, New Zealand, slang A pebble, a small rock.

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@misc{gooly_2026,
  title = {gooly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gooly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}