Antonyms for gopher

Grammar : Noun

Spell : goh-fer

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgoʊ fər

Definition of gopher

Origin : 1812, American English, perhaps an Englishing of Louisiana French gaufre "honeycomb, waffle," said to have been used by French settlers in reference to small mammals on analogy of the structure of their burrows, from Old French gaufre, of Frankish origin. The rodent was the nickname of people from Arkansas (1845) and later Minnesota (1872). The gopherwood tree of the Bible (used by Noah to make the ark, Gen. vi:14) is unrelated; it is from Hebrew gofer, perhaps meaning the cypress.

As in peon : noun menial worker
As in victim : noun someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon
As in courier : noun messenger

Example sentences :

He is a gopher, and different from the common kind of turtle.
Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various

"It's my idea that the gopher isn't in here at all," announced Curley, with emphasis.
Extract from : « The Pony Rider Boys in Texas » by Frank Gee Patchin

Why, you could have knocked me down with the kick of a gopher I was so dumfounded!
Extract from : « Warrior Gap » by Charles King

Though she was bent almost double, she was as spry as a gopher.
Extract from : « O Pioneers! » by Willa Cather

Gopher had dined all on board but the crew, who had turned in before I did.
Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic

Gopher had made provision for feeding the addition to our passengers.
Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic

Smith watched the antics of a gopher for a full minute before he replied.
Extract from : « Stanford Stories » by Charles K. Field

The dinner was served in the cabin, and Gopher had done his best, as usual.
Extract from : « Down South » by Oliver Optic

The gopher is a singular little animal, about the size of a squirrel.
Extract from : « A New Guide for Emigrants to the West » by J. M. Peck

Neither is there any mistaking the flavor of gopher extract.
Extract from : « Lorimer of the Northwest » by Harold Bindloss

Synonyms for gopher

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