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goof

[ goof ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
  2. to waste or kill time; evade work or responsibility (often followed by off or around ):

    Exam week is not a time to goof off. We goofed around till train time.



verb (used with object)

  1. to spoil or make a mess of (something); botch; bungle (often followed by up ):

    You really goofed up the job.

noun

  1. a foolish or stupid person.
  2. a mistake or blunder, especially one due to carelessness.
  3. a source of fun or cause for amusement:

    We short-sheeted his bunk just for a goof.

verb phrase

  1. Slang. to tease, ridicule, or mock; make fun of.

goof

/ ɡː /

noun

  1. a foolish error or mistake
  2. a stupid person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to bungle (something); botch
  2. intr; often foll by about or around to fool (around); mess (about)
  3. tr to dope with drugs
  4. introften foll byoff to waste time; idle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of goof1

1915–20; apparently variant of obsolete goff dolt < Middle French goffe awkward, stupid
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of goof1

C20: probably from (dialect) goff simpleton, from Old French goffe clumsy, from Italian goffo, of obscure origin
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They were not only siblings or bandmates; they were girls together, making faces at each other and goofing off in hotel rooms between gigs.

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But sometimes, movies like “The Monkey” can only see fit to goof around with toys.

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He’s smiling — showing off a bedazzled silver grill in his mouth — and goofing around with his team.

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He’s comfortable goofing around in red lipstick to make her giggle and even tries his best not to swear around her: “Shivers!”

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"This is reputation management of the highest order," he wrote, criticising the "softest editing" which painted Sir Jacob wrongly as a "harmless gosh-and-golly goof".

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