goober

2 definitions • 4 examples

a small, oval seed that grows underground in pairs inside a thin brown shell:

The term "goober" derives from an African word for the peanut.

Some southern farmers had their own goober patch, where they grew a supply of peanuts sufficient for their families' use throughout the year.

a silly person:

People were standing there watching, calling him a goober and all sorts of things.

I feel like such a goober!