gopher
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gopher¹
- /ˈɡəʊfə/ UK
- /ˈɡoʊfɚ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊfə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
Perhaps an adaptation of Cajun French gaufre (literally “honeycomb, waffle”), based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a honeycomb or a waffle (doublet of waffle). Alternatively, from Muskogean.
noun gophers · gauffre
- A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
- A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
- A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
- A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
- A Go programmer. I'm not at all advocating for any Gophers to switch to Haskell—there are far too many reasons to keep coding and deploying Go solutions to address here.
gopher²
- /ˈɡəʊfə/ UK
- /ˈɡoʊfɚ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊfə(ɹ)
noun gophers
- Alternative spelling of gofer (“worker who runs errands”). Crackpot Texan oil magnate Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster) gets the idea that a small Scottish fishing village would be a marvellous acquisition for his so-rich-it-makes-you-sick company, Knox Oil and Gas, so he sends an executive gopher named MacIntyre (because that sounds Scottish, yeah – played by
Gopher³
Where it comes from
From the gopher, mascot of the University of Minnesota, where the Gopher protocol was developed.
proper noun
- An Internet protocol for document search and retrieval.
noun Gophers
- Alternative letter-case form of gopher I'm not at all advocating for any Gophers to switch to Haskell—there are far too many reasons to keep coding and deploying Go solutions to address here.
Translations
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noun small burrowing rodent
| Español | geómido, tuza, taltuza, topo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ジリス jirisu, ハタリス hatarisu, 掘鼠 hori nezumi |
| 中文 | 囊地鼠 nángdìshǔ, 囊鼠 nángshǔ |
| Português | geômis |
| Français | géomys, gaufre, gaufre à poche |
| Deutsch | Erdhörnchen, Ziesel, Zieselmaus, Geomyidae) |
| Русский | су́слик súslik |
| العربية | غَوْفَر ḡawfar |
Talk about this word "gopher." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gopher. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gopher. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gopher "gopher." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gopher.Cite this
@misc{gopher_2026,
title = {gopher},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gopher},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
