goober

Meaning

Noun

1. A peanut.
2. (slang) A Georgian or North Carolinian, particularly one from the pine forests of the Sandhills region.
3. (slang) A foolish, simple, or amusingly silly person.

Verb

1. (slang) To drool or dribble.
2. (slang) To drip or slather; to apply a gooey substance to a surface.

Synonyms

peanut

groundnut

earthnut

monkey nut

goober pea

peanut vine

jack nut

pinda

Translations

cacauet

Erdnuss

arachide

arachide

cacahuète

cacahuete

φυστίκι

Erdnuß

فول سوداني

cacahouète

nocciolina

amendoim

aardnoot

nocciolina americana

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡuːbə/

Etymology

Via Gullah from Kongo nguba (“peanut”).