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Definition of Goober

1. Noun. Pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; 'groundnut' and 'monkey nut' are British terms.

Definition of Goober

1. n. A peanut.

Definition of Goober

1. Noun. (Southern US) A peanut. ¹

2. Noun. (slang) A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person. ¹

3. Noun. (Southern US euphemistic) penis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Goober

1. a peanut [n -S] - See also: peanut

Lexicographical Neighbors of Goober

Literary usage of Goober

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Camp Fires of the Confederacy: A Volume of Humorous Anecdotes, Reminiscences by Benjamin La Bree (1898)
"goober Peas. BY A. PE.NDER. One of the most widely-known Confederate sones. ... We'll kiss our wives and sweethearts and gobble goober peas. Chorus. ..."

2. The Adventures of Two Alabama Boys by Hezekiah John Crumpton, Washington Bryan Crumpton (1912)
""goober PEAS." Chatting with my mess-mates, whiling time away Sitting by the roadside on a pleasant day Chattin? with my mess-mates wholly at my ease Good ..."

3. Subtropical Vegetable-gardening by Peter Henry Rolfs (1916)
"goober The goober looks like a large one-seeded peanut. In some parts of our country the name goober is applied to the peanut. Botanically, the peanut is ..."

4. The Artillery of Nathan Bedford Forrest's Cavalry, "the Wizard of the Saddle by John Watson Morton (1909)
"The unquenchable spirit of jollity that animated these hardy, courageous men is well typified in a favorite camp song of the period : goober PEAS. ..."

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