Goofball
[goof-bawl] /ˈgufˌbɔl/
noun, Slang.
1.
an extremely incompetent, eccentric, or silly person.
2.
a pill containing a barbiturate or a tranquilizing drug.
/ˈɡuːfˌbɔːl/
noun (US & Canadian, slang)
1.
a barbiturate sleeping pill
2.
a fool
n.
“narcotic,” 1938, from goof + ball (n.1); as an intensive of goof (n.), it dates from 1959.
goofball or goof ball
n.
A barbiturate or tranquilizer in the form of a pill, especially when taken for nonmedical purposes.
noun
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