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Goofy
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goofy
English
Etymology
From en goofy.
Pronunciation
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en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Goofy.wav Southern England
Proper noun
en Q111135 A cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company: a tall, slow-witted anthropomorphic dog with a goofy laugh.
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en 1994 1997 w:John Birmingham He Died with a Felafel in His Hand Potts Point, N.S.W. w:Duffy & Snellgrove 187598903X 17 https://archive.org/details/hediedwithfelafe0000birm/page/17/mode/1up?q=Goofy You’d watch him tip a plate of spaghetti towards the floor, tipping it and tipping it, and you’d think — “Surely he’s going to tip it back the other way soon.” But no. It’d slide off and hit the carpet and his shoes. Plop. His eyes would go wide, and then after a pause, he’d chuckle just like Goofy.
en 2008 May Elizadeth Hetherington Nature of the Daughters Fond du Lac, Wis. Chrome Publications 9780615206257 165 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780615206257/page/165/mode/1up?q=Goofy “Fine.” She looked me in the eyes. “I’m a natural disaster. I am the opposite of graceful and I can’t even point to a stop sign without stumbling. The reason I kept failing is because I’m clumsier than Goofy.”
en 2010 Carlene The Unrelenting Optimist Marjorie Ryerson The Journey of Healing: Wisdom From Survivors of Sexual Abuse: A Literary Anthology Brandon, Vt. The Safer Society Press 9781884444869 174–175 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781884444869/page/175/mode/1up?q=Goofy My name is Carlene and I am totally uncool. I had braces for two years and my left front tooth still sticks out farther than my right. When I laugh, I actually “guffaw” just like Goofy.
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Translations
Disney character Q111135
Arabic: ar بُنْدُق m
Armenian: hy Գուֆի
Azerbaijani: az Qufi
Bulgarian: bg Гуфи m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 高飛 Gāofēi
Danish: da Fedtmule
Dutch: nl Goofy m
Esperanto: eo Gufio
Estonian: et Kupi
Finnish: fi Hessu, fi Hessu Hopo
French: fr Dingo m
Georgian: ka გუფი
German: de Goofy m
Greek: el Γκούφυ m
Hebrew: he גופי m
Hungarian: hu Goofy, hu Szaglász
Icelandic: is Guffi m
Indonesian: id Gufi
Italian: it Pippo m
Japanese: ja グーフィー Gūfī
Korean: ko ^구피
Latin: la Stultus m
Latvian: lv Spruksts m
Lithuanian: lt Kliunkis m
Macedonian: mk Клапчо m, mk Шиљо m
Malayalam: ml ഗൂഫി
Marathi: mr गूफी m
Mari:
Western Mari: mrj Гуфи
Norwegian: no Langbein m
Picard: pcd Dingo
Polish: pl Goofy m
Portuguese: pt Pateta m
Punjabi:
Western Punjabi: pnb گوفی
Romanian: ro Goofy m
Russian: ru Гу́фи m
Sami:
Northern Sami: se Guhkesruoida
Serbo-Croatian: sh Šilja m
Slovene: sl Pepe m
Spanish: Spain es Goofy m, South America es Tribilín m
Swedish: sv Långben c
Thai: th กูฟฟี่
Turkish: tr Gufi
See also
Dippy Dawg
en American fiction Disney Fictional characters