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(1)a close friend or associate -- used especially among Italian-American men
(2)a member of a secret chiefly Italian-American crime organization
(3)a macho Italian-American man
(4)pal or companion
(5)character in mario bros

Pronunciation: 'güm-"bä
Function: noun
Etymology: Italian dialect (Campania) cumbà, vocative form of cumbare respected older man, literally, godfather, from Medieval Latin compater
I'd like you to meet my goombah. We go way back.
goombah by bubu_ November 11, 2006
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goombahdies 

plural of goombah
close friends or associates
“So you got a new celly?”
“Yeah. I’ve known him since he was thirteen. He used to wash my Eldorado. His playmates were my goombahdies’ kids.”
goombahdies by Shaun Attwood January 18, 2008
A degenerate treehouse dweller, one who resembles a mushroom, but isn’t one.

The gooombas tend to live in the depths of the urban wilderness, and often sh*t in the woods (big daddy JB gets pissed but don’t worry ‘bout it).
Proeski: “yo, grombo, did goombah sh*t ‘n the woods?”
Tugboat: “idk man, JB taught the girls to sh*t in the woods rencently n they prefer it to sh*t’n in the haus so I could go either way”
Goombah by Proeski January 4, 2023
An American-Italian slang word for someone who is Italian (origin:a God Father)- Currently also means any male Italian in a derogatory way. (also refers to Mafia guys) SEE GOOMBA

Funny how Ninetendo uses the term "Goomba" and has an "idiot" bad guy that bounces around.
He's an idiot - yeah, a real goombah!
What a goomba.
The guys on the Sopranos are goombahs!
goombah by Adele September 6, 2003

irish goombah 

someone who is embraces their Irish heritage a little too much..
look at her, she’s such an irish goombah.
irish goombah by avery1026 July 19, 2021
a) Italian/Sicilian word in NYC's Little Italy used as a synonym for cohort, bodyguard and/or sidekick

b) in WASP English, offensive term for a dunderhead/buckwheat brain

c) adj: people who unscrupulously steal money and then dig it.
people like Bernard Madoff, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Fouquet, Conrad Black, although legendary names among big nick diggers would only be considered a goombah under definiton c) above, since none of them was either Italian or WASP
goombah by Uncle Dimma May 22, 2015

groombaker 

A person that illegally grooms people on the internet, basically a sex offender
Lucas is a groombaker
groombaker by AnonDoxy August 30, 2017