goober
Meanings
Plural: goobers
Noun
- 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.
Origin / Etymology
Via Gullah from Kongo nguba (“peanut”).
Synonyms
and Thesaurus:mentally deficient person, earthnut, fool, goober pea, groundnut, idiot, ignoramus, monkey nut, peanut
Scrabble Score: 9
goober is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordgoober is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
goober is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary