goober
Plural: goobers
Noun
- A peanut; also a foolish person.
- pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms
- A peanut.
- A Georgian or North Carolinian, particularly one from the pine forests of the Sandhills region.
- A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person.
Verb
- To drool or dribble.
- To drip or slather; to apply a gooey substance to a surface.
Examples
- He chuckled, imagining his opponent thinking he was a GOOBER for missing that easy word.
Origin / Etymology
Via Gullah from Kongo nguba (“peanut”).
Synonyms
earthnut, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut, peanut, and Thesaurus:mentally deficient person, fool, idiot, ignoramus
Scrabble Score: 9
goober: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgoober: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
goober: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary