Wondering how to use Goofball in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as fathead or saphead.
Goofball meaning
- A foolish or silly person or animal.
- A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects, especially a barbiturate.
Synonyms of Goofball
Using Goofball
- The main meaning on this page is: A foolish or silly person or animal. | A pill or tablet containing a pharmaceutical which has hypnotic or intoxicating effects, especially a barbiturate.
- Useful related words include: fathead, muggins, saphead, sap.
- In the example corpus, goofball often appears in combinations such as: goofball and, lovable goofball, goofball but.
Context around Goofball
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Goofball
- In this selection, "goofball" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 17.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, lovable, quirky, slinging, rough, platformer and comedies stand out and add context to how "goofball" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a more goofball rough house and a quirky goofball but he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "goofball" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with goofball
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
You're a goofball at heart. (6 words)
One is known for appearing in goofball comedies. (8 words)
Joey was the lovable goofball within the group. (8 words)
Director Adam Bolt’s documentary – not to be confused with Michel Gondry’s 2001 goofball comedy of the same name – explains all this and more in a succinct, eye-opening 94 minutes. (32 words)
More importantly, here’s hoping that this is step one toward Omega becoming the star that he is rather than the quirky goofball he’s been since AEW launched. (29 words)
Sasuke is one of the most pessimistic and eternally serious characters you can get, while is an annoying goofball for the entire first part of the show. (27 words)
Example sentences (20)
Freddy Krueger doesn’t start off as a quip-slinging goofball.
My Adventures With Superman has a more goofball Rough House, but with less agency.
Stanley Ipkiss may be a goofball, but he has a genuinely sweet spirit that showed a more empathetic side to Carrey.
The spinning goofball platformer likely isn't the first thing people think of when it comes to games that franchise might collaborate with.
This kind of character reveal has been done to death, and so it's less surprising than Gav's goofball-with-a-heart-of-gold moment.
You're a goofball at heart.
Higdon is a sort of lovable goofball, and it’s a damn shame what happens to him out in the woods.
Kintaro Oe may be a quirky goofball, but he literally wears the epitome of great '80s clothing.
One is known for appearing in goofball comedies.
Sasuke is one of the most pessimistic and eternally serious characters you can get, while is an annoying goofball for the entire first part of the show.
So I come by being a goofball honestly from my personal history, and I’ve come to see how immensely useful it is psychologically.
You’re the biggest goofball and a joy to work with.
Director Adam Bolt’s documentary – not to be confused with Michel Gondry’s 2001 goofball comedy of the same name – explains all this and more in a succinct, eye-opening 94 minutes.
Even when acting like a goofball, Paulie is deadly.
He’s got a little of my goofball in him.
His persona was a goofball and cut-up, especially when he teamed up with Tom Davis.
It’s not surprising a goofball candidate like Moore would get a large number of votes as the Republican candidate in Alabama.
Joey was the lovable goofball within the group.
LeBlanc portrayed the lovable goofball for a decade on the NBC sitcom, which spanned 236 episodes.
More importantly, here’s hoping that this is step one toward Omega becoming the star that he is rather than the quirky goofball he’s been since AEW launched.
Common combinations with goofball
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: