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Goofy

Goofy

See also: goofy

English

Proper noun

Goofy

A Disney character: a slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh.

Synonyms

Goof
Dippy Dawg

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Goofy.

Translations

a Disney character

Arabic: بُنْدُق (ar) m ‎(Bunduq)
Armenian: Գուֆի ‎(Gufi)
Azeri: Qufi
Bulgarian: Гуфи m ‎(Gufi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 高飛 (zh) ‎(Gāofēi), 高飞 (zh) ‎(Gāofēi)
Danish: Fedtmule
Dutch: Goofy m
Esperanto: Gufio
Estonian: Kupi
Finnish: Hessu (fi), Hessu Hopo
French: Dingo (fr) m
Georgian: გუფი ‎(gupi)
German: Goofy (de) m
Greek: Γκούφυ m ‎(Gkoúfy)
Hebrew: גופי m
Hungarian: Goofy, Szaglász
Icelandic: Guffi m
Indonesian: Gufi
Italian: Pippo (it) m
Japanese: グーフィー ‎(Gūfī)
Korean: 구피 ‎(Gupi)

Latin: Stultus m
Latvian: Spruksts m
Lithuanian: Kliunkis m
Macedonian: Клапчо m ‎(Klapčo), Шиљо m ‎(Šiljo)
Malayalam: ഗൂഫി ‎(gūphi)
Marathi: गूफी m ‎(Gūfī)
Mari:
Western Mari: Гуфи ‎(Gufi)
Northern Sami: Guhkesruoida
Norwegian: Langbein m
Picard: Dingo
Polish: Goofy m
Portuguese: Pateta m
Romanian: Goofy m
Russian: Гу́фи m ‎(Gúfi)
Serbo-Croatian: Šilja m
Slovene: Pepe m
Spanish: (Spain) Goofy m, (South America) Tribilín m
Swedish: Långben
Turkish: Gufi
Western Panjabi: گوفی (pnb)

goofy

goofy

See also: Goofy

English

Adjective

goofy ‎(comparative goofier, superlative goofiest)

silly, quirky
- 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
  Glorious attacking and goofy defending: here was a match that encapsulated the madcap appeal of this season's Premier League.

Derived terms

Translations

silly

Estonian: rumal
Finnish: hölmö (fi), höpsö, hassu (fi)
French: dingue (fr), débile (fr), bête (fr)
German: albern (de), trottelig, doof (de)
Italian: goffo (it), stupido (it), particolare (it)

Japanese: すっとこどっこい ‎(suttokodokkoi)
Macedonian: недоветен m ‎(nedóveten)
Portuguese: bobo (pt)
Russian: глу́пый (ru) m ‎(glúpyj)
Spanish: tonto (es)

Etymology 2

From the way the Disney character Goofy was first depicted surfing, with right foot forward.^[1]

Adjective

goofy ‎(not comparable)

(snowboarding) riding with right foot forward.

Related terms

(snowboarding): goofy-foot

Antonyms

(snowboarding): regular

Coordinate terms

(snowboarding): switch

Translations

riding with right foot forward

References

↑ BBC Sport, "Sochi 2014: A jargon-busting guide to the halfpipe", 11 February 2014