Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: gopher
IPA transcription: [ɡ'oʊfɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: gopher_tortoise, gopher_turtle, gopher, Gopherus_polypemus
    Meaning: burrowing edible land tortoise of southeastern North America
  • Synonyms: gopher, pocket_gopher, pouched_rat
    Meaning: burrowing rodent of the family Geomyidae having large external cheek pouches; of Central America and southwestern North America
  • Synonyms: ground_squirrel, gopher, spermophile
    Meaning: any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops
  • Synonyms: Minnesotan, Gopher
    Meaning: a native or resident of Minnesota
  • Synonyms: goffer, gopher
    Meaning: a zealously energetic person (especially a salesman)
Usage examples
  • What is Gopher Prairie to you?"
  • I don't belong to Gopher Prairie.
  • GOPHER PRAIRIE was digging in for the winter.
  • Tell me, Mr. Pollock, what is the matter with Gopher Prairie?"
  • Now, for a week, he was commissioner general of Gopher Prairie.
  • He picked up the cloisonne vase. Across it he peered at her with such loneliness that she was startled. But his eyes faded into impersonality as he talked of the jealousies of Gopher Prairie.
  • There's one thing that's the matter with Gopher Prairie, at least with the ruling-class (there is a ruling-class, despite all our professions of democracy). And the penalty we tribal rulers pay is that our subjects watch us every minute.
  • It was so rich-looking to sit and drive--and so easy. Skiing and sliding were "stupid" and "old-fashioned." In fact, the village longed for the elegance of city recreations almost as much as the cities longed for village sports; and Gopher Prairie took as much pride in neglecting coasting as St. Paul--or New York--in going coasting.