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gourd

Definition

  • noun: any one of several types of fruits that have a hard shell and that are used for decoration and not for eating
  • noun: any of a family (Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family) of chiefly herbaceous tendril-bearing vines including the cucumber, melon, squash, and pumpkin
  • synonyms: bottle, cucurbit, calabash

Examples

  • That guy is completely 'out of his gourd'. [=(more commonly) 'out of his mind']

  • I was bored 'out of my gourd'. [=I was very bored]

  • a 'gourdlike' fruit

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) When we... when we... Sheriff? Something is wrong with it. I want to head back to town. - You updated the guy, and now he's a six-foot gourd with epilepsy. So what the fuck happened? I don't know. Well, that's exactly what you want to hear from your head of programming. We haven't finished (..)
    2016 TvShow: Westworld Title: The Original Season: 1 Episode 1