goody
/'gudi/
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Definition
- Noun:
- Something considered choice to eat; a special treat, especially a sweet food: "goody" refers to a delicious or desirable item of food, often something sweet or indulgent, like candy or cake.
- (Informal, often plural) A small gift, prize, or treat: It can also refer to a small, pleasing item given as a reward or favor, such as a party favor or a gift bag item.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The children were excited to see the table full of goodies like cookies and chocolates.
- The conference attendees each received a bag of promotional goodies.
- She saved the best goody from her Halloween haul for last.
Advanced Usage
- "goody bag": a bag containing small gifts or treats, often given to guests at a party or event.
- All the children at the birthday party took home a goody bag.
- "goody two-shoes": (idiomatic, often derogatory) a person who is always well-behaved and eager to please, to the point of being seen as smug or insincere. (Note: This is a related idiomatic expression, not a direct meaning of the isolated word "goody").
- She was such a goody two-shoes in school, always reminding the teacher about homework.
Variants and Related Words
- Goodies (n, plural): The most common form, referring to an assortment of treats or desirable items.
- The store sells all sorts of baking goodies like sprinkles and frosting.
- Goody-goody (n/adj): A person who is affectedly or smugly virtuous. (This is a distinct compound word).
- His goody-goody attitude made him unpopular with the other kids.
Synonyms
- Treat: something special that gives great pleasure.
- Delicacy: a choice or expensive food.
- Sweet: (British English) a small piece of sweet food, like candy.
Related Phrases
- Feel-goody: (informal, rare) having a sentimental or superficially positive quality.
- The movie's ending was a bit too feel-goody for my taste.
Noun
- something considered choice to eat