GOOF


Meaning of GOOF in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

around

Sean Goff goofing around in his pyjamas at the Whiplash 2 comp around 1985.

On many other cuts, though, he goofs around in a self- deprecating way that actually seems phony.

off

Guys play basketball, goof off , gamble, hang out, argue and ignore their women.

Social and economic stability and the natural order call for a full two weeks of diligent goofing off .

I dug the idea of being free enough to just goof off from incessant maths homework.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Somebody at the company goofed and entered the wrong check amount.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Best I can tell, we goofed by ignoring the Miata Factor.

Guys play basketball, goof off, gamble, hang out, argue and ignore their women.

I dug the idea of being free enough to just goof off from incessant maths homework.

On many other cuts, though, he goofs around in a self- deprecating way that actually seems phony.

Sean Goff goofing around in his pyjamas at the Whiplash 2 comp around 1985.

So the plaintiffs called Fung back on their rebuttal case to tell jurors he had goofed.

Whoever goofed, there was no doubt that the engineer was right.

II. noun

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A nice goof is to hide it altogether by positioning your pointer on its top edge and dragging down.

Anyway, after a year Matty would be on the other side of the goof .

He had been made the victim of what was known in the department as a goof .

I just stood there like a goof waiting for him to introduce her.

Most of the rest of us, on the other hand, are paralyzed by our goofs.

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