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gopher
UK /ˈɡəʊfə/ US /ˈɡoʊfɚ/
noun 6name 1
Collocations
1VERB + GOPHER
caught, see
Definitions
noun
1
A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers).
2
A ground squirrel (Marmotinae spp.).
3
A gopher tortoise (Gopherus spp.).
4
A gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus).
5
A Golang programmer.
noun
1
Alternative spelling of gofer.
Crackpot Texan oil magnate Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster) gets the idea that a small Scottish fishing village would be a marvellous acquisition for his so-rich-it-makes-you-sick company, Knox Oil and Gas, so he sends an executive gopher named MacIntyre (because that sounds Scottish, yeah – played by Peter Riegert) to close the deal and get the pipeline pencilled in.
name
1
An Internet protocol for document search and retrieval.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New
- spermophile
noun — a native or resident of Minnesota
noun — a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Crackpot Texan oil magnate Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster) gets the idea that a small Scottish fishing village would be a marvellous acquisition for his so-rich-it-makes-you-sick company, Knox Oil and G
Wiktionary02
Can you see the gopher? No? Neither can I. But it's there!
Tatoeba · #284146303
Tom caught a gopher.
Tatoeba · #12113964Usage Notes
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