Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Silly; ridiculous.
- adjective Having the right foot forward when riding a board such as a skateboard or snowboard.
- adverb In a stance in which the right foot is forward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective foolish and silly, or appearing silly.
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- adjective
silly ,quirky - adjective snowboarding riding with
right foot forward.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cartoon character created by Walt Disney
- adjective ludicrous, foolish
Etymologies
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Examples
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One used the word goofy to describe him.88 Some thought of him as a lightweight who had not mastered foreign policy.
House of Bush, House of Saud Craig Unger 2004
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One used the word goofy to describe him.88 Some thought of him as a lightweight who had not mastered foreign policy.
House of Bush, House of Saud Craig Unger 2004
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I've taken enough dance lessons to expect familiar songs in goofy, step-specific cover versions.
Archive 2009-07-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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He described the central conflict of ToonTown Online: battle corporate goons in goofy ways, like throwing cream pies.
Outsiderism at the Game Developers Conference « PubliCola 2010
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I've taken enough dance lessons to expect familiar songs in goofy, step-specific cover versions.
Mixing domains Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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When you start throwing in goofy aliens with weird “powers” (or Chicago mobsters, or Nazis, or mutants, or ….) you are starting to get awfully close to reskinning fantasy in space.
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Nevermind that the Women of America continue to permit clothing makers to size trousers in goofy ways that have nada to do with the variety of actual body shapes we come in.
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Nevermind that the Women of America continue to permit clothing makers to size trousers in goofy ways that have nada to do with the variety of actual body shapes we come in.
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When you start throwing in goofy aliens with weird “powers” (or Chicago mobsters, or Nazis, or mutants, or ….) you are starting to get awfully close to reskinning fantasy in space.
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If you are calling yourself goofy ( "as his latest losing streak helps distract the truly goofy from the issues") then I am sorry.
Sound Politics: Dismantling your constitutional rights, one step at a time 2007
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Also, she had to learn what it meant to ride “goofy footed.” It’s when you ride a board with your right foot forward instead of your left.
Tony Hawk wanted to track down a mysterious skateboarder from 1979. We found her. Jeremy Markovich 2024
oroboros commented on the word goofy
Aaah huulk! One of the funniest cartoon sequences I can ever remember seeing is Mickey, Goofy and the whole gang playing a baseball game. If I remember it correctly, Goofy gets a base hit and while running the bases, each somehow sticks to his foot. Meanwhile the ball has become unraveled and the fielder (Donald Duck?) is chasing him with a huge mess of string. It all culminates at home plate, but I was laughing so hard I can't remember whether he was safe or out!
September 14, 2007
frindley commented on the word goofy
Also an adverb, as in "to mouse goofy", which is where a right-handed person mouses with her left hand (but not necessarily switching the buttons, so a left-click is still a left-click).
August 28, 2008
bilby commented on the word goofy
I've also heard goofy-foot for a left-footer.
August 29, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word goofy
(Perfection as a hipster, by God Help the Girl)
January 5, 2010