gooly

English

Alternative forms

• goolie
• (testicle): ghoulie

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gew-

Proto-Indo-European *-los

Proto-Indo-European *gewlos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gawlas, *gawlam

Proto-Indo-Aryan *gawlas, *gawlam?

Dravidianbor.?

Sanskrit गोल (gola)

Proto-Indo-Iranian *i-

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas

Sanskrit -इक (-ika)

Sanskrit -इका (-ikā)

Sanskrit गोलिका (golikā)

Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀮𑀺𑀬𑀸 (goliyā)

Hindi गोली (golī)bor.?

English gooly

Probably from Hindi गोली (golī, “ball; pill; bullet”) or a cognate in another Indian language, ultimately from Sanskrit गोल (gola, “round; round thing”) + -इका (-ikā). The sense “pebble” in English is the original.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡuːli/

• Audio (Australian):

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• Rhymes: -uːli
• Homophones: ghoulie, ghouly

Noun

gooly (plural goolies)

1. (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".

2. (Australia and New Zealand, slang) A pebble, a small rock.

References

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

Anagrams

• -ology, LOOGY, loogy, ology