Tom is a goofball.
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Goofball
//ˈɡufˌbɔl//
Synonyms for "goofball" (158 found)
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12 translations across 5 languages.
Dutch
2 entries- idioot noun (a foolish or silly person)
- sufferd noun (a foolish or silly person)
French
3 entries- abruti noun (a foolish or silly person)
- cloche noun (a foolish or silly person)
- nouille noun (a foolish or silly person)
German
4 entries- Beruhigungsmittel noun (pill that has hypnotic or intoxicating effects)
- Blödmann noun (a foolish or silly person)
- Depp noun (a foolish or silly person)
- Narkotikum noun (pill that has hypnotic or intoxicating effects)
Russian
1 entries- дурачо́к noun (a foolish or silly person)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bedak noun (a foolish or silly person)
- blesan noun (a foolish or silly person)
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6 total sentences available.
I'm shy at first, but once I trust you I become a quirky goofball.
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If that goofball would put half the effort into her studies as she does into her juggling, she might do very well.
Source: wiktionary
Strong Cobb & Co. of Cleveland announced a new barbiturate which in overlarge doses will turn the stomachs of "goofball" addicts and would-be suicides.
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