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goof someone or something up Inf. to mess someone or something up; to ruin someone's plans; to make something nonfunctional. Who goofed this machine up? Who goofed up the machine? See also: up goof around to act silly. The kids were all goofing around, waiting for the bus. Stop goofing around! See also: around goof off to waste time. John is always goofing off. Quit goofing off and get to work! goof on someone Inf. to tease or kid someone. I don't believe you. I think you're just goofing on me. goof up (on something) Inf. to make an error with something; to blunder while doing something. Please don't goof up on this job. If you goof up one more time, you're finished. See also: up goofed (up) 1. Inf. messed up; out of order. All my papers are goofed up. Everything on my desk is goofed. Who's been here? 2. Inf. confused; distraught. I'm sort of goofed up today. I think I'm coming down with something. I was up too late last night, and now I'm all goofed up. goof off to avoid work She spent most of the school day goofing off with her friends. goof on somebody to make jokes about someone She doesn't goof on old people, but her characters are certainly older and very odd. Related vocabulary: make fun of somebody/somethingHow to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The history, philosophy, and justification of goofing off, supplemented with careful research and statistics, makes for engaging reading whether for expert sociologists researching the cultural phenomenon's of shirking or lay readers making the most of their own relaxation time. Gamble is a shining star, a non-golfer who did all right by sticking to business when others were goofing off in the name of forming alliances. Film director Kevin Smith, who's straight, goofing on his governor at a Los Angeles press event to promote the DVD release of his films Clerks and Jersey Girl, August 18 |
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