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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: good-looker - goof-off</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="goodlooker"> good-looker, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a person who has good looks. </DL> <A NAME="goodlooking"> good-looking, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a pleasing appearance; handsome or pretty. (SYN) comely. </DL> <A NAME="goodlooks"> good looks,<DL COMPACT><DD> handsome or pleasing personal appearance; handsomeness. </DL> <A NAME="goodluck"> good luck,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the possession of wealth, position, health, or the like; luckiness; success. <DD> 2. a saying or wishing of "good luck." </DL> <A NAME="goodly"> goodly, adjective, -lier, -liest.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of good quality; pleasant; excellent; fine. Ex. a goodly land. (SYN) admirable, splendid. <DD> 2. good-looking. Ex. a goodly youth. (SYN) comely, fair, handsome. <DD> 3. considerable; rather large; fairly great. Ex. a goodly quantity. </DL> <A NAME="goodman"> goodman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD> 1. the master of a household; husband. <DD> 2. a title of respect for a man ranking below a gentleman, especially a yeoman or farmer. Ex. Goodman Brown. </DL> <A NAME="goodmorning"> good morning,<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of greeting or farewell in the morning; hello or good-by. </DL> <A NAME="goodmorningspring"> good-morning-spring, noun. =spring beauty.</DL> <A NAME="goodmorrow"> good morrow,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) good morning. </DL> <A NAME="goodnature"> good nature,<DL COMPACT><DD> a pleasant or kindly disposition; cheerfulness; agreeableness. (SYN) amiability. </DL> <A NAME="goodnatured"> good-natured, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having a pleasant disposition; kindly; cheerful; obliging; agreeable. Ex. He overlooked the criticism with a good-natured smile. (SYN) good-humored, pleasant. adv. good-naturedly. noun good-naturedness. </DL> <A NAME="goodneighborliness"> good-neighborliness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the disposition and behavior characteristic of a good neighbor; friendly feeling and relation. Ex. Trade-hungry Japan hoped such evidence of good-neighborliness would dispel Filipino suspicions and open the way to extended trade with the Philippines and all Southeast Asia (Newsweek). </DL> <A NAME="goodneighborly"> good-neighborly, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by good-neighborliness. </DL> <A NAME="goodneighborpolicy"> Good Neighbor Policy,<DL COMPACT><DD> a diplomatic policy, first sponsored by the United States in 1933, to encourage friendly relations and mutual defense among the nations of the Western Hemisphere. </DL> <A NAME="goodness"> goodness, noun, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the quality or state of being good. Ex. The drama of men is that their goodness creates, and their wickedness shatters, the goodness of others; so that pity holds us ever in leash (Freya Madeleine Stark). <DD> 2. excellence; virtue. <DD> 3. kindness; friendliness. <DD> 4. valuable quality; best part. <DD>interj. an exclamation of surprise or alarm. Ex. My goodness! Goodness me! "Goodness, have you been expelled?" (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="goodnewsbible"> Good News Bible,<DL COMPACT><DD> a revision of the Bible, published in the United States in 1976. It is a translation in modern English vernacular. </DL> <A NAME="goodnight"> good night,<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of farewell said at parting in the night or at going to bed. </DL> <A NAME="goodoffices"> good offices,<DL COMPACT><DD> the services of a mediator in a dispute. Ex. He has offered his "good offices" to the parties and already has been in touch with both sides (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="goodoh"> good-oh or good-o, interjection.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Australian Slang.) fine! excellent! </DL> <A NAME="goods"> goods, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. personal property; belongings. Ex. He gave half of his goods to the poor. <DD> b. (Law.) property, especially movable or personal property. <DD> 2. a thing or things for sale; wares. <DD> 3. (U.S.) material for clothing; cloth. <DD> 4. (U.S. Slang.) what is needed to do something. <DD> 5. (Especially British.) freight. expr. catch with the goods, to catch in the act of committing a crime. Ex. Detective Craddock informed Thubway Tham that sooner or later he was going to catch him with the goods (Detective Story Magazine). expr. deliver the goods, to do what is expected or wanted. Ex. There are men in the North who walk around ... saying, "See me, ... I will take you to victory." They cannot deliver the goods (Congressional Record). expr. get (or have) the goods on, to find out or know something bad about. Ex. They had the goods on us. We were going to hang--every one of us (W. M. Raine). </DL> <A NAME="goodsamaritan"> Good Samaritan,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a traveler who aided another traveler who had been beaten and robbed by thieves (in the Bible, Luke 10:30-37). <DD> 2. a person who is unselfish in helping others. </DL> <A NAME="goodsense"> good sense,<DL COMPACT><DD> sound judgment; common sense. </DL> <A NAME="goodshepherd"> Good Shepherd,<DL COMPACT><DD> Jesus Christ (in the Bible, John 10:11-14). </DL> <A NAME="goodshow"> good show,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) well done! bravo! bully! </DL> <A NAME="goodsized"> good-sized, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> somewhat large. </DL> <A NAME="goodspeed"> good speed,<DL COMPACT><DD> a farewell expressing a wish for success or good luck. </DL> <A NAME="goodstrain"> goods train,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a freight train. </DL> <A NAME="goodsvan"> goods van,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a boxcar. </DL> <A NAME="goodsyard"> goods yard,<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a freight yard. </DL> <A NAME="goodtempered"> good-tempered, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> easy to get along with; cheerful; agreeable. Ex. A dog needs a good-tempered trainer. (SYN) easygoing. adv. good-temperedly. </DL> <A NAME="goodtemplar"> Good Templar,<DL COMPACT><DD> a member of an organization founded in New York in 1851 for the promotion of temperance, peace, and brotherhood. </DL> <A NAME="goodtimecharlie"> good-time Charlie or Charley,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) a sociable, fun-loving, carefree person. </DL> <A NAME="goodturn"> good turn,<DL COMPACT><DD> a kind or friendly act; favor. </DL> <A NAME="gooduse"> good use,<DL COMPACT><DD> ways of speaking and writing accepted as standard. </DL> <A NAME="goodwife"> goodwife, noun, pl. -wives.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD> 1. the mistress of a household. <DD> 2. a title of respect for a woman ranking below a lady. Ex. Goodwife Brown. </DL> <A NAME="goodwill"> good will,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. kindly or friendly feeling; kindness; friendliness. Ex. Our cast of principal characters is composed almost ... entirely of men of good will (Forum). <DD> 2. cheerful consent; willingness. <DD> 3. the good reputation that a business has with its customers. Ex. The tax law provides that any payments for a going business in excess of its assessed value are generally for "good will," a capital asset, not a deductible expense (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="goodwill"> good-will, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or intended to arouse good will. Ex. a good-will tour, a good-will ambassador. </DL> <A NAME="goodwilly"> goodwilly, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) <DD> 1. liberal (of). <DD> 2. cordial. </DL> <A NAME="goody"> goody (1), noun, pl. goodies, interjection, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD>noun 1. Often, goodies. something very good to eat; piece of candy or cake. <DD> 2. a hero or one of his companions, especially in a motion picture or television show. <DD>interj. an exclamation of pleasure. Ex. Are we going? Oh, goody! <DD>adj. making too much of being good; good in a weak way. </DL> <A NAME="goody"> goody (2), noun, pl. goodies.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD> 1. an old woman of humble station. <DD> 2. a term of address for such a woman. Ex. Old Goody Blake was old and poor (Wordsworth). </DL> <A NAME="goodygoody"> goody-goody, adjective, noun, pl. -goodies.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. making too much of being good; good in an affected or artificial way. <DD>noun a person who makes too much of being good. </DL> <A NAME="gooey"> gooey, adjective, gooier, gooiest.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD> 1. like goo; sticky; viscid. Ex. gooey asphalt, gooey frosting. <DD> 2. (Figurative:) Ex. Tomorrow I want you to try talking to babies, but there's no need to get gooey over it (Punch). </DL> <A NAME="goof"> goof, verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD>v.i. to make a stupid blunder or mistake; blunder; err. Ex. All I need to do is goof once--just once--and I lose my chance to make Corporal (Harper's). <DD>v.t. to mess up completely; fumble; do all wrong. <DD>noun 1. a mistake; blunder. Ex. "Between you and me," he said, "it's a goof. They were so busy fixing up everything else, they forgot about putting in a clock" (New Yorker). <DD> 2. a simpleton; fool. expr. goof off, (Slang.) to waste time, idle; loaf. Ex. Those who goof off must face the weekly embarrassment of the conference (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="goofball"> goofball, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD> 1. a barbiturate or tranquilizer used as a narcotic. <DD> 2. a crazy or eccentric person. </DL> <A NAME="goofily"> goofily, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) in a goofy manner. Ex. He is drilling, with the aid of a goofily willing adolescent, for oil (London Times). </DL> <A NAME="goofiness"> goofiness, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) the state or quality of being goofy. </DL> <A NAME="goofoff"> goof-off, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) an idler. Ex. All the other kids knew that he was a lazy goof-off, and he never had a chance (New Yorker). </DL> <A HREF="goofy.dic">NEXT</A>