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Definitions for goody
ˈgʊd igoody
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word goody.
Princeton's WordNet
dainty, delicacy, goody, kickshaw, treatnoun
something considered choice to eat
Wiktionary
goodynoun
A small amount of something good to eat.
goodynoun
Any small, usually free, item.
goodynoun
shortening of goodwife, a 17th century puritan honorific.
goodynoun
protagonist or hero
goodyinterjection
Used to indicate pleasure or delight.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Goodynoun
A low term of civility used to mean persons.
Etymology: corrupted from good wife.
Soft, goody sheep, then said the fox, not so;
Unto the king so rash ye may not go. Hubberd’s Tale.Swarm’d on a rotten stick the bees I spy’d,
Which erst I saw when goody Dobson dy’d. John Gay, Pastorals.Plain goody would no longer down;
’Twas madam in her grogram gown. Jonathan Swift.
Webster Dictionary
Goodynoun
a bonbon, cake, or the like; -- usually in the pl
Goodynoun
an American fish; the lafayette or spot
Goodynoun
goodwife; -- a low term of civility or sport
Etymology: [Prob. contr. from goodwife.]
Freebase
Goody
Goody is a brand of hair-styling products owned by Newell Rubbermaid. Goody Products, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is part of Newell Rubbermaid’s portfolio of personal care brands, and sells brushes, combs and other hair accessories. It won the American Beauty Association’s gold ABBIE award. Goody is sometimes considered unique among hair products because of its innovative accessory types. One of the collections Goody offers is the Ouchless collection, as it contains no metal connectors to snag hair. Another type is the Stay Put collection, as it contains rubber strands woven into the fabric designed to grip on to hair painlessly. The other collections include the ColourCollection, Elegant edge, Start Style Finish, StylingSolutions, So You, Girls, Styling Therapy, and the Mosaic Collection.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of goody in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of goody in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of goody in a Sentence
We can't all be goody two-shoes and sit in the car and do nothing, so maybe if it crowds out less safe behavior like texting that's good.
All of us... anyone that's been in Fleetwood Mac, as far as I've been aware, has been seemingly pretty well brought up by their parents: not goody two-shoes - God knows we weren't - but there was a level of civility that the lads in the band were aware of, what is over the brink of decency.
Am I disappointed we didn’t get two points? I am, but if they were going to get two points away from us and Goody was going to score two, I can sleep at night because he meant the world to our organization.
I was like, ‘Oh, I’m not allowed to do that, I’m so sorry, he was like, ‘OK, [Rob] had a feeling you were a goody two-shoes and followed the rules.’ So he pulled out this crinkled-up name tag and on the back, it said ‘shhh’ with his phone number. And I just held onto it until I was ready to call him. He knew I was a rule follower, I love it.
I just said,' I can't shake this depression. I just feel so like I can't get up from playing spider solitaire,' he says,' I've got just the thing a prescription for you.' Oh, goody, one more pill.
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- حلوىArabic
- dobrotaCzech
- goodyDanish
- LieblingGerman
- γλύκισμαGreek
- golosinaSpanish
- خوشگلهPersian
- makupalatFinnish
- goodyFrench
- पाखंडीHindi
- szobaasszonyHungarian
- munafikIndonesian
- goodyItalian
- סוּכָּרִיָהHebrew
- おやすみJapanese
- ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದುKannada
- 선량한 체하는Korean
- goodyLatin
- bonbonDutch
- goodyNorwegian
- cukierekPolish
- goodyPortuguese
- bomboanăRomanian
- сентиментальныйRussian
- karamellSwedish
- நல்லவன்Tamil
- గూడీTelugu
- สิ่งที่ดีThai
- ne güzelTurkish
- лагіднийUkrainian
- خوشگوارUrdu
- goodyVietnamese
- goodyYiddish
- 感伤的Chinese
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