English edit

Etymology edit

gopher +‎ -like

Adjective edit

gopherlike (comparative more gopherlike, superlative most gopherlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a gopher; in the manner of a gopher.
    • 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 204:
      I was sharing with Mike and despite ours being slightly larger than some of the other cabins, the only way I could stand up was to leave the entrance hatch open, so that my head poked out, gopher-like, onto the deck.