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goober
goo·ber G0191600 (go͞o′bər)n. Chiefly Southern US 1. See peanut.2. A yokel; a bumpkin.3. A foolish or silly person.4. A gob of phlegm.
[Of Bantu origin; akin to Kongo or Kimbundu n-guba.]Word History: Most Southerners recognize the terms goober and goober pea as other names for the peanut. Goober originates among the Bantu languages and is akin to the word meaning "peanut" in the Kongo and Kimbundu languages, n-guba. This regionalism is one of a small stock of words that entered American English from the languages spoken by the Africans who were enslaved and brought to the Americas during the 1600s and 1700s. Many of these words of African origin have to do with foods. Gumbo, for example, is also of Bantu origin—it is related to such words as Tshiluba ki-ngumbo, "okra." (In some regional varieties of English in the South, gumbo can still mean simply "okra" in addition to "thick okra stew.") Yam originates among the languages of West Africa, and it may be akin to Wolof ñam, meaning "food" and "to eat" or to Bambara ñambu, "manioc." The English word cooter probably comes from the Mande languages—the Bambara and Malinke word for a turtle, for example, is kuta. Cooter is still used in South Carolina, Georgia, and the Gulf states to denote the edible freshwater turtle of the genus Chrysemys and, by extension, other turtles and tortoises.goober (ˈɡuːbə) or goober pean (Plants) another name for peanut[C19: of African (Angolan) origin; related to Kongo nguba]goo•ber (ˈgu bər)
n. South Midland and Southern U.S. the peanut. Also called goo′ber pea`. [1825–35; of African orig.] GooberRegional name for peanut.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  goober - pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British termsgoober pea, monkey nut, groundnut, earthnut, peanutedible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shellArachis hypogaea, peanut vine, peanut - widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground |
Translationsgoober
goober1. slang Someone who is silly or stupid. That guy's a total goober—I can't ask him to prom!2. slang A pimple. Do you have any zit cream? I've got a huge goober right in the middle of my forehead.3. slang A tumor. Is this her latest scan? Aw man, that goober hasn't gotten any smaller.4. Peanut, particularly in the Southern US. Did you really grow up on a goober farm in Georgia?goober grabberslang Someone who harvests peanuts, particularly in the Southern US. "Goober" is another name for a peanut, particularly in the Southern US. Did you really grow up as a goober-grabber on a farm in Georgia?See also: goober, grabbergoober greaseslang Peanut butter. "Goober" is another name for a peanut, particularly in the Southern US. Want me to put some goober-grease on this sandwich for you?See also: goober, greasegoober-grabber (ˈgubɚgræbɚ) n. someone who picks peanuts. (Typically someone native to Georgia where peanuts are grown. From guber. Forced and contrived.) One of the local goober-grabbers took us to a peanut boil. goober-grease (ˈgubɚgris) n. peanut butter. Pass me some of that goober-grease, will ya? guber and goober (ˈgubɚ)1. n. a facial pimple. (see also goob.) How does anybody get rid of goobers? 2. n. a tumor. (see also boogie.) The patient with the abdominal guber is going into surgery now. goober verbSee gubergoober
goober: see peanutpeanut,
name for a low, annual leguminous plant (Arachis hypogaea) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family) and for its edible seeds. Native to South America and cultivated there for millenia, it is said to have been introduced to Africa by early explorers, and Africans
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Synonyms for goobernoun pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seedsSynonyms- goober pea
- monkey nut
- groundnut
- earthnut
- peanut
Related Words- edible nut
- Arachis hypogaea
- peanut vine
- peanut
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