goolies

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English

Etymology

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

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Noun

goolies pl (normally plural, singular gooly)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, vulgar slang, usually in the plural) The testicles.
    Synonyms: balls, nuts
    • 2012, Ralph Barker, Down in the Drink‎:
      "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.
    • 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, slang) plural of gooly: pebbles, small rocks.

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