goozer
/ˈɡuzɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He's got a tongue like a tanner's vat, that goozer. Wants a lump o' lead in 'is baskit 'e does."
- "No goozer or floater need apply."
- "But I don't believe any preacher should be riding on the coupling pole while some old goozer of a deacon or Jezebel sits on the front seat — that's his place, let him ride on the front seat and drive the team."
- "And then there's the visiting, with a million mad cartrips all around Dublin to the uncles and aunties who, right up until your eighteenth birthday, always seek you out by the peanut bowls and the 7-Up, and give you a pressie and a big goozer on the cheek for your troubles."
- "So your best bet to win is to spend your money in the boozer. / There you have a chance to win some merry maiden's goozer. / And then begins the greatest, riskiest lottery of your life, / Will the maiden you have goozered be the best choice for a wife?"
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡuzɚ/
- British English: /ˈɡuːzə/
Usage
- Slang
- British usage
- Transitive verb