gooly
English
Etymology
Probably from Hindi गोली (golī, “ball; pill; bullet”) or a cognate in other Indian languages, from Sanskrit गोल (gola, “round; round thing”) + इका (-ikā)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡuːli/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -uːli
Noun
gooly (plural goolies)
- (UK, Ireland, vulgar slang, usually in the plural) singular of goolies: a testicle.
- 2013 April 8, “The Herpes Cat”, in Plebs:
- 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".
- (Australia and New Zealand, slang) A pebble, a small rock.
References
- “gooly, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1972.
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