Gopher
3
9.7
- noun
- /ˈɡoʊfər/
- Informal
:
gopher
- I love gophers hockey, travel, camping, baking, tattoos, dancing, personal finance, knitting, and driving fast cars.
Examples
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During the state's annual festival, many gophers come together to celebrate local culture.
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In Minnesota, we often call ourselves gophers as a sign of state pride.
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I was just like any other normal, red-blooded American gopher... who works in a big city.
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we have a lot of gophers.
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We got a gopher.
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We got a sack full of dough and we're holed up here like a bunch of gophers.
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As a true gopher, I love enjoying the outdoors during Minnesota's beautiful summers.
Synonyms
3
3.3
A person who lives in or was born in Minnesota
Compounds
- US
1
7.0
A large North American snake that is not venomous and lives in burrows eating rodents
A small burrowing animal like a mouse that has fur-lined cheek pouches and makes dirt mounds
A small animal that lives underground in grasslands and carries food in pockets in its cheeks
A small animal that lives underground and digs tunnels in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida
A small burrowing rodent that lives in western United States valleys and meadows with fur-lined cheek pouches
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gopher comes from the small animal gopher, and because Minnesota was nicknamed the 'Gopher State', people from Minnesota are often called Gophers as a friendly, informal name.