Dictionary

goober en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡubɚ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈɡuːbə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Kongo ngubader. Gullahbor. English goober Via Gullah from Kongo nguba (“peanut”).

Meanings

1. (Southern-US) A peanut.
   • A few bags Gouber Pea, or Ground Pea 1833 November 7, Louisville Public Advertiser:
   • But he so seam I frade of he, I guess he steal my goober. 1834 May 24, Cherokee Phoenix, page 3:
2. (Southern-US, dated, slang) 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. 1863, anonymous author, “Castle Thunder”, in Louis Napoléon Boudrye, editor, Historic Records of the Fifth New York Cavalry..., Appendix, page 339:
   • The peanuts or earth-nuts known in North Carolina and the adjoining States as Goober peas, so that during the late Civil War a conscript from the so-called ‘piney woods’ of that State was apt to be nick-named a Goober. 1871, Maximilian Schele de Vere, Americanisms, page 57:
3. (Internet, US, childish, slang) A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person.
   • [Keanu] Reeves had spent much of the decade as a celebrity goober—a great-looking guy best known for being a bland actor (at least by traditional acting standards). 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
   • 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 goober. 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “The Simpsons (Classic): 'I Love Lisa'”, in A.V. Club:
4. (US, slang) A quantity of sputum.
   • […] spat a goober into the sunbaked dust between them […] 1994, Tabor Evans, Longarm and the Barbed Wire Bullies, page 139:

Forms

Deriveds

gooberish · goober grabbler · goober pea · goofy goober · goobery · goober bean · goober-grabbler

Synonyms

doodle · noodlehead · shitwit · fuck-knuckle · goofy · doofoid · bozo · pigwidgeon · numskull · dotterel · lamebrain · birdbrain · dirtbrain · mong · prat · dummy · mug · brickhead · ha'p'orth · twat · simp · schmuck · lackwit · fenderhead · chump · airhead · hammerhead · nincompoop · peagoose · clod · dumbfucker · thickskull · imbecile · divvy · Homer Simpson · goose · gorbuson · dumbo · maroon · meathead · blubberbrain · dumbling · silly · bayard · dullard · dummy · ninnyhammer · muggins · spanner · fleabrain · bonehead · tomfool · drongo · baboon · plank · dummkopf · wantwit · dumbnut · know-nothing · turkey · dingbat · chucklehead · peabrain · halfwit · chowderhead · jerk · dumble · berk · wazzock · tosser · dunderhead · shit for brains · brickhead · stupe · jughead · gump · dimwit · gonk · asswipe · pillock · twit · numps · nupson · nitwit · fuckwit · cretin · dolt · meathead · stupid · peckerhead · buffoon · dumb cluck · half-baked · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · asshat · clart · bobchin · beetlebrain · mongtard · alcatote · twit · sap · featherbrain · jackass · gomer · ass · asshole · asstard · retard · momo · yo-yo · asshead · mongoloid · prat · buffoon · dunderpate · mushhead · asshat · simpleton · maroon · softhead · schmo · knucklehead · dingus · witless wonder · clodpate · addlehead · lummox · eejit · goober · fopdoodle · mental midget · blockhead · snapperhead · assclown · gig · knothead · tosspot · clown · Boeotian · dumbfuck · monkey · dimwit · wazzock · wally · put · numpty · dipshit · galoot · dolt · jerk · gimboid · dumbbell · dumbshit · putz · nincom · gooseberry · schmo · bonehead · dunce · donk · ignoramus · lack-latin · dim bulb · der-brain · dipshit · pinhead · lunkhead · fucktard · juggins · dope · nincompoop · dope · ding dong · cuckoo · tosspot · Charlie · fiddle · chowderhead · shithead · sohai · cittern-head · muggins · jay · Alternative spelling of dumbass. · nimrod · noddy · rube · jamoke · goober · dupe · chump · lunk · pillock · fool · buttbreath · wantwit · dumb fuck · mome · thicko · goosecap · dork · dunce · clot · thickhead · blither · beetlehead · drool bucket · stupid-head · numskull · wazzer · idiot · jellybrain · slang) · wally · moron · shithead · bubble brain · tard · fenderhead · Vulgar: · dingwad · shitwit · clown · bozo · dumbhead · wild-ass · plonker · jolthead · mameluke (US (Italian-American) · dipstick · dingleberry · gubbins · mutt · doodle · goofball · pinhead · ha'porth · tonto · mouth breather · dullard · fuckwit · drivel · jughead · dumbass · chucklehead · berk · dunderhead · sot · jackaninny · retard · mushhead · tonto · saphead · donkey dick · loggerhead · addle-brain · mumpsimus · plonker · numbskull · farthead · gudgeon · birdbrain · crackhead · bufflehead · doldrum · nimrod · smooth brain · arsehole · oaf · nit · yampy · nit · dill pickle · gowk · dumb bunny · div · muttonhead · twerp · sot · twat · dote · doofus · dip · fathead · jolterhead · nitwit · dumbbell · oaf · deadhead · stupid · dipstick · nescient · ninny · space cadet · smooth brain · dork · toolbox · divvo · dingleberry · zany · Charlie · geck · ignoramus · imbecile · dim bulb · fuzznut · bimbo · tubelight · knucklehead · inbred · lamebrain · donut · dimbus · snapperhead · log · moron · sucker · doof · shitbrain · jerkoff · bubblehead · fathead · dimbo · juggins · gink · goof · boob · shitneck · brainlet · addle pate · dildo · thickhead · tool · meatball · ignoramus · dumbo · dunce · beanbrain · goon · doofus

goober en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡubɚ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈɡuːbə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Kongo ngubader. Gullahbor. English goober Via Gullah from Kongo nguba (“peanut”).

Meanings

1. (intransitive, slang) To drool or dribble.
2. (slang, transitive) To drip or slather; to apply a gooey substance to a surface.

Forms