goolies

goolies

English

Etymology

Probably from Hindi गोली (golī, “ball; pill; bullet”) or a cognate in other Indian languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːliz/

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Noun

goolies pl (normally plural, singular gooly)

1. (Britain, vulgar slang, usually plural) The testicles.
   • 2013 April 8, "The Herpes Cat", 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".

   He was getting on my nerves so I decided to kick him in the goolies. That shut him up.

2. (Australia and New Zealand, slang) plural of gooly: pebbles, small rocks.

Synonyms

• (testicles): See Thesaurus:testicles & Thesaurus:male genitalia

References

• “gooly, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1972.

Anagrams

• loogies, ologies