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Meanings of goofball in inglés

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A man who is a stupid incompetent fool.

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A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.

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Examples for "clown"
Examples for "clown"
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The clown-car approach-ofwhich the SmallSat Express is an example-comeswith complications.
Wired
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He leaned closer and said quickly, The clown won't talk without you.
Foundation and Empire
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AUGUST, page 143: Name of the chief clown in the Berlin Circus.
Dame Care
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Claude seemed barely real to me: a paper clown, innocuous and laughable.
The Girls
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That makes three men; and the clown and policeman will make five.
Fanny's First Play
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In American hands, terrifying sociopath Finchy is simply sexist buffoon Todd Packer.
The Guardian
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He climbed the hill in silence, wondering just what the buffoon meant.
Birthright: A Novel
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The real gangsters saw him as a buffoon, a harmless court jester.
The outfit: the role of chicago's underworld in the shaping of m...
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But it is particularly suitable for the purposes of a great buffoon.
Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays
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The half-elf felt cold, suddenly realizing this gully dwarf was no buffoon.
Dragons of autumn twilight
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A Lord is a merry andrew, a Duke a jack pudding, and a King a tom fool: his name is man!
Anna St. Ives
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One of the company added, 'A merry Andrew, a buffoon.'
Boswell's Life of Johnson / Abridged and edited, with an introdu...
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CHARACTERS: Hans Matthis, keeper of "the Merry Andrew"; Dr. Frantz, the magnetizer; the Judge.
Standard Selections / A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Pr...
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And you are Andrew Merry , or Merry Andrew.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Archy-'MerryAndrew,' as I used to call him,-ownedone of the finest estates in Jamaica-Golden Grove.
Tracks of a Rolling Stone
Usage of goofball in inglés
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I was a goofball, but I guess normal, and people could relate.
News.com.au
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He comes across as sort of a goofball, but he's awfully intelligent.
Come out tonight
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Last season 93 defenders were dispossessed more often than the league's top-ranked goofball.
The Guardian
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As a politician, he cultivates an image as an affable goofball.
Reuters
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He's a professional climber, filmmaker, and world-class goofball who resides in Boulder, Colorado.
Climbing Magazine
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He was kind of a goofball when he was younger, hey?
The South African
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Aa slightly overweight goofball metal-head who lives at homewith his parents.
The Irish Times
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Knee socks with bold soccer stripes-isthis cool or goofball?
Rock and Ice Magazine
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Why does some anonymous goofball get to print my whereabouts?
Is it just me?: or is it nuts out there?
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I told him you can't behave like a goofball if you go to those parties.
Impossible
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But overall she loves the way the show combines Star Trek-style adventure with goofball humor.
Wired
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The effortful sneer had become a big goofball grin.
IT
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Probably the same kind of goofball who set fire to the governor's mansion a while back.
The maverick
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He was loved for his positive attitude, brutal honesty, playful spirit and "goofball" mentality.
Rock and Ice Magazine
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Enough time had passed for the slowest digestive system to carry a goofball to the small intestine.
The Sirens of Titan
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The internet has clearly been a boon for news junkies, LOLcats and the makers of goofball videos.
Wired
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