I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
around
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Sean Goff goofing around in his pyjamas at the Whiplash 2 comp around 1985.
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On many other cuts, though, he goofs around in a self- deprecating way that actually seems phony.
off
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Guys play basketball, goof off , gamble, hang out, argue and ignore their women.
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Social and economic stability and the natural order call for a full two weeks of diligent goofing off .
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I dug the idea of being free enough to just goof off from incessant maths homework.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Somebody at the company goofed and entered the wrong check amount.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Best I can tell, we goofed by ignoring the Miata Factor.
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Guys play basketball, goof off, gamble, hang out, argue and ignore their women.
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I dug the idea of being free enough to just goof off from incessant maths homework.
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On many other cuts, though, he goofs around in a self- deprecating way that actually seems phony.
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Sean Goff goofing around in his pyjamas at the Whiplash 2 comp around 1985.
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So the plaintiffs called Fung back on their rebuttal case to tell jurors he had goofed.
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Whoever goofed, there was no doubt that the engineer was right.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A nice goof is to hide it altogether by positioning your pointer on its top edge and dragging down.
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Anyway, after a year Matty would be on the other side of the goof .
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He had been made the victim of what was known in the department as a goof .
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I just stood there like a goof waiting for him to introduce her.
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Most of the rest of us, on the other hand, are paralyzed by our goofs.