goober

Example Sentences

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Welsh Fire's Jonny Bairstow gives Jamie Smith a reprieve after dropping a "goober" of a catch to leave the London Spirit batsman at the crease in the Men's Hundred at Sophia Gardens.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

The roughly hewn goober had been strapped to the back of a logging truck, hauled across the country and parked near the White House.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2025

This time, the giant goober is made of sheet metal, not fiberglass.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023

Our textbooks told of the Louisiana Purchase; the Johnstown, Pa., flood; the great San Francisco earthquake; and George Washington Carver’s development of hundreds of products from the common goober.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2021

Meanwhile, I just stood there in front of the meetinghouse like a goober as the crowd thinned out around me.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin