goofverb [ I or T ]
uk/ɡuːf/us/ɡuːf/mainly US informalto make a silly mistake:
If Tom hadn't goofed and missed that shot, we'd have won the game.
She goofed her lines (= said the words in the play wrong).
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Making mistakes
- balls
- balls (sth) up
- blunder
- bodge
- botch
- drop
- famous
- famous last words idiom
- making
- misdirect
- misstate
- put
- slip up
- speak/talk out of turn idiom
- to err is human (to forgive divine). idiom
- trip
- trip (sb) up
- turn
- unforced
- wrong
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Phrasal verb(s)
goof around
goof off
goof up
goofnoun [ C ]
uk/ɡuːf/us/ɡuːf/goof noun [ C ] (MISTAKE)
mainly US informal a silly mistake:
I made a real goof by forgetting his name.
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Faults and mistakes
- a blot on sb's character idiom
- aberration
- Achilles heel
- adrift
- black mark
- chink
- clinker
- creep in/creep into sth
- errata
- erratum
- error
- failing
- false alarm
- false move
- lapse
- loophole
- misprint
- misspell
- mistake
- mistaken
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goof noun [ C ] (PERSON)
US informal a silly or stupid person
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Stupid and silly people
- a right one idiom
- airhead
- asshole
- berk
- birdbrain
- dolt
- doofus
- dork
- duffer
- dullard
- muggins
- muppet
- mutt
- need
- need your head examined idiom
- simpleton
- stupid
- thicko
- tosser
- turkey
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