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goofball
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun goofball has 2 senses
- goofball(n = noun.person) bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goose, jackass, twat, zany - a man who is a stupid incompetent fool; Array is a kind of fool, muggins, sap, saphead, tomfool
- goofball(n = noun.person) buffoon, clown, goof, merry andrew - a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior; Array is a kind of comedian, comic
has particulars: harlequin, fool, jester, motley fool, whiteface, zany, emmett kelly, kelly, weary willie
THESAURUS
goofball
Amytal, Amytal pill, Demerol, Dolophine, H, Luminal, Luminal pill, M, Mickey Finn, Nembutal, Nembutal pill, Seconal, Seconal pill, Tuinal, Tuinal pill, alcohol, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, anodyne, barb, barbiturate, barbiturate pill, black stuff, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven, blue velvet, butterfingers, calmative, chloral hydrate, clumsy, codeine, codeine cough syrup, depressant, depressor, dolly, downer, dub, duffer, foozler, foul-up, fumble-fist, goof, goofer, hard stuff, heroin, hick, hop, horse, hypnotic, junk, knockout drops, laudanum, liquor, lotus, lummox, lump, meperidine, methadone, morphia, morphine, muff, muffer, narcotic, opiate, opium, pacifier, pain killer, paregoric, pen yan, phenobarbital, phenobarbital sodium, purple heart, quietener, rainbow, red, rube, scag, secobarbital sodium, sedative, shit, sleep-inducer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, slob, smack, sodium thiopental, somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, stumblebum, stumblebunny, tar, tranquilizer, turps, white stuff, yellow, yellow jacket
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