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goolies

/ˈɡuːliz/

goolies noun: the testicles. Also the plural of gooly.

Noun

goolies pl (normally plural, singular gooly)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-normally, slang) The testicles.
    • "They should hang him by the goolies from the yardarm." Ouch!1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 198
    • "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.2012, Ralph Barker, Down in the Drink
    Synonyms:
    balls, nads, nuts

Also used as

goolies is also the plural of gooly.

Synonyms of goolies

Forms of goolies

singulargooly

Origin of goolies

From gooly.

Words that rhyme with goolies

Questions about goolies

What does goolies mean?
Goolies means the testicles.
What part of speech is goolies?
Goolies is a noun.
How do you pronounce goolies?
Goolies is pronounced /ˈɡuːliz/.

Words near goolies in the dictionary

  1. Goolgowi
  2. Goolhi
  3. goolie
  4. goolie chit
  5. goolie chits
  6. goolies
  7. goolike
  8. Goolishian
  9. Goolishians
  10. Goolma
  11. Goolmangar

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