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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024go•pher1 /ˈgoʊfɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Mammalsa burrowing rodent having a stout body, a short tail, and external cheek pouches.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024go•pher1 (gō′fər),USA pronunciation n. - Mammalsany of several ground squirrels of the genus Citellus, of the prairie regions of North America.
- MammalsSee pocket gopher.
- ReptilesSee gopher tortoise.
- ReptilesSee gopher snake.
- (cap.) a native or inhabitant of Minnesota (used as a nickname).
v.i. - [Mining.]
- Miningto mine unsystematically.
- Miningto enlarge a hole, as in loose soil, with successively larger blasts.
- 1785–95; earlier megopher, magopher gopher tortoise; of obscure origin, originally; spelling, spelled copies gopher wood
- gofer.
- respelling, respelled of gofer by association with gopher1 1925–30
- Computinga protocol for a menu-based system of accessing documents on the Internet.
- Computingany program that implements this protocol.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: gopher /ˈɡəʊfə/ n
Also called: pocket gopher any burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae, of North and Central America, having a thickset body, short legs, and cheek pouches- another name for ground squirrel
- any burrowing tortoise of the genus Gopherus, of SE North America
Etymology: 19th Century: shortened from earlier megopher or magopher, of obscure origin Go•pher (gō′fər),USA pronunciation n. - Computinga protocol for a menu-based system of accessing documents on the Internet.
- Computingany program that implements this protocol.
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