verb, noun
verb [V] (informal, especially AmE) to make a stupid mistake:
Sorry, guys. I goofed.
PHRASALVERBS
goof around (informal, especially AmE) to spend your time doing silly or stupid things
SYNMESSAROUND
goof off (AmE, informal) to spend your time doing nothing, especially when you should be working
noun (informal, especially AmE)
1 a stupid mistake
2 a silly or stupid person
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for goof is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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