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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Against that dystopian backdrop, goofball mechanical athletes may be doing something far more valuable for their creators than outpacing our greatest sporting achievements: They’re making machines relatable.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
Abrams plays the goofball well and we’re constantly rooting for him, even as his fortunes take a turn in a tragic reversal that we’ve seen in monster movies before.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Yet in “John Candy: A Life in Comedy,” Paul Myers makes the case that the actor, who died at 43 in 1994, was more than a good-natured goofball.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 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
I was just hanging with my sneaker-loving, off-key-singing goofball dad.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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