goofball
Americannoun
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an extremely incompetent, eccentric, or silly person.
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a pill containing a barbiturate or a tranquilizing drug.
noun
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a barbiturate sleeping pill
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a fool
Etymology
Origin of goofball
Example Sentences
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Director Lee’s objective is not just to bring her audience along on an investigative thrill ride but to provide a portrait of Appalachian teenagers—the jock, the goofball, the self-described “weird girl.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Then there were the jug-eared goofball characters, which some scholars of the art form call halfwits, while others prefer snerds.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
By the time the teen got home, she was embracing the spud as a kind of goofball Halloween badge of honor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
Adam Sandler's much-loved goofball golfer Happy Gilmore is back on the greens for the first time in nearly three decades, so watch your heads.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2025
Skeet was an extrovert, a goofball, a practical joker.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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