gopher
Plural: gophers
Noun
- A burrowing rodent known for its extensive tunnel systems.
- a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
- a native or resident of Minnesota
- any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
- burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
- burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
- A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
- A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
- A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
- A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
- A Golang programmer.
- Alternative spelling of gofer.
Examples
- The G in GOPHER gave him a prime spot to play a high-scoring ’Q’ on the Words With Friends board.
Origin / Etymology
Perhaps an adaptation of Cajun French gaufre (literally “honeycomb, waffle”), based on the analogy of holes in the ground to the indentations in a honeycomb or a waffle (doublet of waffle). Alternatively, from Muskogean.
Synonyms
goffer, gopher tortoise, gopher turtle, Gopherus polypemus, ground squirrel, Minnesotan, pocket gopher, pouched rat, spermophile
Scrabble Score: 12
gopher: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgopher: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
gopher: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary