Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goolies

/ˈɡuːliz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.41 in modern English

Syllables: goolies
IPA: /ˈɡuːliz/

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

British usage; Slang

noun

plural of gooly: pebbles, small rocks.

Australian usage; Slang

Example Sentences

""They should hang him by the goolies from the yardarm." Ouch!"
""My oath," he said, "here's a man got his goolie chit. And I left mine behind. How fat can you get?" "I've got mine," said Ward quietly, tapping his pocket." "It's not your goolies I'm worried about," said Curnow."
"Marcus: Sorry, your "gooly"? Stylax: Yeah. Marcus: You can't have one "gooly". It's just your "goolies". Stylax: No, no, no, no. The whole thing is your goolies, all three of them, but if you're talking about one in particular, you say "gooly"."

Etymology

From gooly.

Usage

Inflected Forms

gooly (singular)

Synonyms

balls nads nuts testicles & Thesaurus:male genitalia

Homonyms

ghoulies

Rhymes With

tules

Questions

How do you pronounce goolies?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡuːliz/.
What does goolies mean?: The testicles.
Where does goolies come from?: From gooly.

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