Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Alternative spelling of goombah (“Italian”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Alternative spelling of gumbe (“Jamaican drum”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Goomba.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
A mushroom-like enemy in the Mario franchise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
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History
Likely derived either from goombah (“friend”), in turn from Neapolitan cumpà, or from Hungarian gomba (“mushroom, fungus”). . For the voicing of stops compare gabagool.
