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Definition: Goofy |
GoofyAdjective1. (informal terms) "gave me a cockamamie reason for not going"; "wore a goofy hat"; "a silly idea"; "some wacky plan for selling more books". Noun1. A cartoon character created by Walt Disney. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Slang | Adjective. Source: Weird or abnormal is usually refered to as goofy. Definition: To snowboard down the mountain with your left foot forward. Context: It is used to decribe someone's actions while snowboarding. Social Source: Bend Oregon snowboarders. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
| Noun. Source: ??? no idea. Definition: A stance that the right leg is in the front. Context: When someone sees the stance of someone else, someone else wears the snowboard, or he/she sees the snowboard's binding, and these are different from other people, this word is used. Social Source: Snowboarders. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
| Noun. Source: ??? no idea. Definition: Appearing stupid or silly. Context: When someone sees the stance of someone else, someone else wears the snowboard, or he/she sees the snowboard's binding, and these are different from other people, this word is used. Social Source: Snowboarders. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
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Goofy is a fictional character from the Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse universe. He is an anthropomorphised dog who is Mickey Mouse's best friend.
Goofy first appeared in Mickey's Revue, first released on May 25, 1932. Directed by Wilfred Jackson this short features Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow performing another song and dance show. Mickey and his gang's animated shorts by this point rutinely featured song and dance numbers. What would make this short notable was the appearance of a new character, whose behavior served as a running gag. Dippy Dawg, as he was named by Walt Disney Studio's artists, was a member of the audience. He constantly irritated his fellow spectators by noisily crunching peanuts and laughing loudly, till two of those fellow spectators knocked him out with their mallets. This early version of Goofy had other differences with the later and more developed one besides the name. He was an old man with a white beard, a puffy tail and no trousers, shorts or undergarments. But the short introduced Goofy's distinct laughter. This laughter was provided by voice actor Vance DeBar Colvig, better known as Pinto Colvig (September 11, 1892 - October 3, 1967). He would serve as Goofy's voice actor till 1965.
A considerably younger Dippy Dawg then appeared in The Whoopee Party, first released on September 17, 1932, as a party guest and a friend of Mickey and his gang. Dippy Dawg made a total of four appearances in 1932 and two more in 1933, but most of them were mere cameos. But by his seventh appearance, in The Orphan's Benefit first released on August 11, 1934, he gained a new name as Goofy and became a regular member of the gang along with new additions Donald Duck and Clara Cluck.
Mickey's Service Station directed by Ben Sharpsteen , first released on March 16, 1935, was the first of the classic "Mickey, Donald, and Goofy" comedy shorts. Those films had the trio trying to co-operate in performing a certain assignment given to them. Early on they became separated from each other. Then the short's focuse started alternating between each of them facing the problems at hand, each in their own way and distinct style of comedy. By the end of the short the three would be reunited to share the fruits of their efforts, failure more often than success. Clock Cleaners, first released on October 15, 1937, and Lonesome Ghosts, first released on December 24, 1937, are usually considered the highlights of this series and animated classics. The later short has the trio as members of the agency "Ajax Ghost Exterminators" or as, oftenly described later, pre-cursors of the Ghostbusters. They are hired by phone to evict a number of ghosts from a haunted house. Unknown to them they were hired by the ghosts themselves, four lonesome ghosts who are bored because nobody has visited the house they are haunting for a long time. They wish to play tricks on the mortals. And they do through a series of inventive gags, but by the end the trio has managed to scare the ghosts out of the house. As Donald observes "You're a fine target, ya big sissies!". But Goofy offers what is considered the short's most memorable quote while warily looking around him:"I'm brave but I'm careful".
Progressively during the series Mickey's part diminished in favor of Donald and Goofy. The reason for this was simple. Between the easily frustrated Donald and the always living in a world of his own Goofy, Mickey -who became progressively gentler and more laid-back- seemed to act as the straight-man of the trio. The Studio's artists found that it had become easier coming up with new gags for Goofy or Donald than Mickey. To a point Mickey's role had become unecessary.Polar Trappers, first released on June 17, 1938 was the first film to feature Goofy and Donald as a duo. The short features the duo as partners and owners of "Donald and Goofy Trapping Co.". They have settled in the Arctic for an unspecified period of time, to capture live walruses to bring back to civilisation. Their food supplies consist of canned beans. The focuse shifts between Goofy trying to set traps for walruses and Donald trying to catch penguins to use as food. Both with the same lack of success. Mickey would return in The Whalers, first released in August 19, 1938, but this would be the last short of the 1930s to feature all three characters.
Goofy next starred at his first solo cartoon Goofy and Wilbur directed by Dick Huemer, first released in March 17, 1939. The short featured Goofy fishing with the help of Wilbur, his pet grasshopper.
Comic strips first called the character Dippy Dawg but eventually his name changed to Goofy by 1939.
In the comics Goofy often assisted Mickey on his sleuthing expeditions.
Goofy also had a secret identity known as Super Goof.
On the TV show Goof Troop Goofy lives with his son Max and his cat Waffles, and they live next door to Black Pete and his family. Goof Troop led to A Goofy Movie (1995) and An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000).
Goofy reverted back to his traditional personality on Mickey Mouse Works and appeared as a waiter on House of Mouse.
External Links
- Disney's bio of Goofy
- A listing of Goofy's short films
- Internet Movie Database's profile of Pinto Colvig, Goofy's voice actor
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Goofy."
Synonyms: GoofySynonyms: cockamamie (adj), cockamamy (adj), fool(a) (adj), sappy (adj), silly (adj), unreasonable (adj), wacky (adj), zany (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Goofy |
| English words defined with "goofy": cockamamie, cockamamy ♦ fool ♦ sappy, silly ♦ unreasonable ♦ wacky ♦ zany. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "goofy": schwilly. (references) |
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Screenplays | Those goofy bastards are about the best thing I've got going (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss) We've got a problem, Goofy! But don't tell anyone (Kingdom Hearts; writing credit: Billy Gallo; Robert Gillings) Do that goofy face you do when you're buying eggs (Rocko's Modern Life; writing credit: Geoff Atkinson) Your religion is the goofy fruit of the Ha Ha bush (Andy Richter Controls the Universe; writing credit: John Banas) Goofy was his lover (Soap; writing credit: Jos Gevers; Jeroom Verten) | |
Lyrics | And it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say (It's A Great Day To Be Alive; performing artist: Travis Tritt) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Gooney's Goofy Landings (1970) Goofy Dr. Goo Fee (1965) Two Gun Goofy (1952) Goofy Goofy Gander (1950) The Goofy Gophers (1947) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Mickey Mouse. ."Don't Goofy! You'll get murdered!". Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Boy with Goofy Smile" by Annie Andre Commentary: "Come on and take me on!!!!." |
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 | Goofy, fake clown laugh. | | Goofy laugh. |
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Don Imus | Well we, I mean I thought there was great potential, even though I voted for McCain. I thought there was great potential in him being goofy, you know, and saying goofy things. |
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| "Goofy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 47.83% of the time. "Goofy" is used about 23 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 47.83% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (proper) | 43.48% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.7% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 23 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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Beginning with "goofy": goofy-faced. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
goofy | 668 | goofy phone | 12 |
goofy picture | 155 | goofy movie soundtrack | 12 |
a goofy movie | 72 | clipart goofy | 11 |
disney goofy | 68 | girl goofy | 10 |
goofy clothing | 44 | goofy hentai | 9 |
face goofy | 40 | goofy watch | 9 |
goofy golf | 38 | coloring goofy page | 9 |
goofy pic | 30 | walt disney goofy | 9 |
goofy lyrics movie | 30 | goofy grape | 9 |
disney picture of goofy | 22 | character goofy movie | 9 |
disneys goofy | 21 | disney goofy pic | 8 |
cartoon goofy | 18 | fun goofy | 8 |
goofy photo | 17 | goofy skateboarding | 8 |
goofy wallpaper | 17 | goofy people | 8 |
goofy humor | 15 | being goofy | 7 |
goofy game | 15 | disney character goofy | 7 |
goofy porn | 14 | extremely goofy movie | 7 |
goofy stuff | 12 | goofy greats | 7 |
goofy golf deluxe | 12 | goofy screensaver | 7 |
disneys goofy picture | 12 | ||
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| Language | Translations for "goofy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | sylesh (calf, goof, gudgeon, gullible, ninny), budalla (anserine, anserous, asinine, ass, blunderhead, booby, brainless, cabbage-head, chuckle-head, clod, cloddish, clod-poll, cockeyed, daft, dense, Dick, dim witted, dimwit, dumb, dumbbell, fathead, fool, gaby, gaga, goof, goon, Goosey, gowk, half wit, idiot, idle-headed, imbecile, jobbernowl, jolterhead, josser, juggins, loon, mindless, moke, muff, mutton head, mutton-headed, nerd, nincompoop, ninny, ninny-hammer, nitwit, noddy, noodle, numskull, nut, owl, pin head, pumpkin-head, sheep's head, silly, slow witted, softhead, soft-headed, softy, spoony, stupid, tomfool, tom-noddy, witless). (various references) | |
Arabic | أحمق (ass, barmy, berk, bonkers, brutish, childish, chuckle-head, chump, cuckoo, daft, empty, empty headed, fantastic, fat, fathead, fatuous, foolish, footless, goon, haywire, idiotic, impolitic, imprudent, indiscreet, inept, injudicious, insensate, jerk, lemon, mad, meaningless, nit, nitwit, nonsensical, numskull, ornery, oyster, perverse, pointless, prat, screwball, senseless, sod, stupid, unwise, vacant, wacky, weak, weak-minded, whacky, witless, wood-headed, zany), أبله (asinine, ass, brainless, coot, cuckoo, daw, dense, dim witted, dullard, fatuous, feeble minded, gaga, gawky, half-witted, idiotic, imbecile, lemon, mad, patsy, screwed, sheepish, silly, sod, sodden, softy, soppy, stick in the mud, stupid, vacant, vacuous, wood-headed). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | шантав (addle-brained, crackpot, scatty, screwy), глупав (anserine, asinine, blackhearted, blithering, blockish, blunt, brainless, cockscomb, crass, daft, dense, dim witted, dopey, dopy, dozy, fat, fatuous, flat-footed, fool, foolish, footless, footling, hebetate, inane, inept, irrational, lame brain, lumpish, lunatic, mindless, mutton-headed, nonsensical, off one's nut, piffling, puddingy, puerile, purblind, sappy, senseless, silly, simple, slow witted, stockish, stupid, thick, thick-skulled, thick-witted, tomfool, trumpery, unintelligent, unwise, vacant, vacuous, whacked, witless, wooden-headed). (various references) | |
French | sot, abruti. (various references) | |
German | doof (blockish, boneheaded, daft, dopey, dumb, fool, soppy, stupid, thick). (various references) | |
Greek | μωρόσ (crass, driveller, fatuous, food, fool, foolish, idiotic, moron, ninny, simp, simpleton, spoony, vacuous, witless, zany), ηλίθιοσ (booby, clot, cretin, dopey, dull, dumb, fool, gawky, goon, idiot, idiotic, imbecile, mooncalf, moronic, nitwit, poky, sap-head, sheepish, sottish, stupid, thick), ανόητοσ (blithering, daft, fatuous, fool, foolish, idiot, inane, inept, insensate, insipient, knighterrantry, ninny, nitwit, nonsensical, sappy, senseless, silly, slap happy, unwise, witless). (various references) | |
Hebrew | טפש (fool, goof, imbecile, nonsensical, silly, simpleton, stupid, unwise). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ostoba (asinine, bird brained, blockish, brainless, Daffy, doltish, dry, dumb, dump, dunce, fatuous, feeble minded, hulking, idiotic, inane, inept, lack-brain, lame brain, loggerheaded, Looby, numb-skull, numskull, oafish, owlish, preposterous, puerile, silly, simple, simple minded, simpleton, slow, sot, stupid, thick-headed, to cut capers, tomfool, witless, wooden-headed), hülye (blithering, bozo, clot, cretin, dead above the ears, Dotty, gaga, goon, half wit, half-wit, half-witted, idiot, idiotic, imbecile, jake, jay, klutz, moonstruck, moron, moronic, mutt, mutton-head, nerd, nitwit, nurd, nutter, oafish, sap-head, schmo, shmo, silly, stupid, vacuous, wacko, wart). (various references) | |
Indonesian | orang bodoh (blockhead, duffer, gaby). (various references) | |
Italian | sciocco (addled, booby, daffy, daft, doltish, featherbrain, fool, foolish, Gotham, inane, Looby, loon, ludicrous, nincompoop, nitwit, noodle, sap, silly, simper, soppy, spoony, stupid). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oofygay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pateta (batty, booby, calf, chuckle-head, chump, clod-poll, coot, cracky, crazy, cuddy, daft, dolt, doodle, driveller, dumb, dupe, fanny, fat-head, fool, gander, gawk, goof, goose, idiot, jackanapes, jay, jolterhead, josser, juggins, know-nothing, loggerhead, looby, lubber-head, lummox, mooncalf, mutt, mutton-headed, natural, nincompoop, ninny, ninny-hammer, nitwitted, noddy, noodle, numskull, oaf, poop, prodigy, pudding-head, rattle-brained, rattle-headed, sawney, silly, simp, simpleton, slob, softhead, softy, spoony, stupid, sucker, tomfool, tom-noddy, zany), imbecil (addled, anile, ass, barmy, dull, dunderhead, fatuous, feather brain, featherbrained, foolish, gowk, half-witted, idiot, idiotic, jackass, loggerhead, moronic, nitwit, nitwitted, oaf, oafish, pumpkin-head, stupe, stupid, twerp, underwit, witless), fátuo (fatuous, featherbrained, fop), estúpido (addle-brained, addled, ass, blockhead, blockish, blunderer, blunderhead, boeotian, booby, bovine, chuckle-head, chump, crass, dense, dim-witted, dolt, dull, dumb, dunce, dunderhead, fat-head, fatuous, featherbrained, fool, foolish, jolterhead, lubber, lubber-head, lubberly, lumpish, mindless, mutton-head, mutton-headed, numskull, oafish, obtuse, pigheaded, silly, slow, stock, stupe, stupid, thick-headed, thick-skulled, thick-witted, unintelligent, vacuous). (various references) | |
Romanian | tont (addle-brained, blockhead, brain-hampered, chump, dim, dull-witted, dummy, dunderhead, nitwit, noodle, oaf, oafish, sap, thick-headed), nãtãrãu (buffer, calf, donkey, fool, jay, sheep, sheepish, simpleton, witless). (various references) | |
Russian | глупый (anserine, apish, asinine, barmy, beef-witted, blockish, bovine, brain dead, brainless, cloddish, daft, dense, doddery, drippy, fatuous, fat-witted, featherbrain, featherbrained, feather-brained, foolish, gaga, harebrained, idle-headed, inane, inept, mindless, mutton-headed, nitwitted, nonsensical, oafish, sappy, silly, simple-minded, soft-headed, spoony, stupid, thickskulled, thick-skulled, thick-witted, timber-headed, unwise, wooden-headed). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | šašav (cracked, crackers, crazy, daft, gaga, loony). (various references) | |
Spanish | mentecato (bird brained, bird witted, goof, moronic, peahead, prune, silly), disparatado (absurd, crazy, mad, nonsensical, piffling, unrealistic, wild, zany). (various references) | |
Swedish | fånig (fool, frivolous, futile, idiotic, inane, oafish, silly, stupid), dum (addled, bird brained, blithering, crass, daft, dense, doltish, dopey, dopy, dumb, empty headed, fatuous, fool, foolish, half-witted, idiotic, idle-headed, insensate, lumpish, nitwitted, oafish, opaque, phoney, rattle-brained, rattle-headed, rattle-pated, sappy, silly, stupid, witless). (various references) | |
Turkish | aptal (bird brained, birdbrain, booby, cretin, cuckoo, daft, Dotty, drag, dumb, dumb bell, dummy, dunce, fathead, fat-head, fat-headed, fatuous, feeble minded, fool, foolish, gaga, gormless, half wit, half-witted, harebrained, idiot, idiotic, inane, innocent, lummox, oafish, silly, simp, softhead, softy, stupid, thickheaded, tomfool, twerp, twit), akılsız (buggy, bughouse, emptyheaded, fatuous, feather brain, feather-brained, fool, foolish, gormless, ill-advised, inexpedient, irrational, mindless, preposterous, unintelligent, unreasoning, unwise, vacant, witless). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | безголовий, дурний (anserine, asinine, balmy, bat-minded, bovine, cloddish, cracked, daft, dense, fatuous, featherbrained, fool, foolish, gawky, harebrained, idle-headed, mindless, mutton-headed, nonsensical, oafish, obtuse, opaque, owlish, pigheaded, sappy, sottish, spoony, stockish, stupid, thoughtless). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ngốc. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Goofy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Geoffy, gify, gnof, gocy, goef, goey, gof, gofa, gogy, gonof, goofe, Goofey, goofi, goofie, Goofys, googy, gooky, goovy, gooy, goty, gouf, goufa, Gouveia, Gowy, guffy, Ogof, poofie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-g-o-o-y" | |
-1 letter: fogy, goof. | |
-2 letters: fog, foy, goo, goy. | |
-3 letters: go, of, oy, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-g-o-o-y" | |
+2 letters: goofily, ufology. | |
+3 letters: fetology. | |
+5 letters: futurology. | |
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