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goof around

/goof/US // guf //UK // (ɡuːf) informal //

嬉戏打闹,打闹,嬉戏玩耍,嬉戏玩乐

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
    • : to waste or kill time; evade work or responsibility: Exam week is not a time to goof off. We goofed around till train time.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to spoil or make a mess of; botch; bungle: You really goofed up the job.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a foolish or stupid person.
    • : a mistake or blunder, especially one due to carelessness.
    • : a source of fun or cause for amusement: We short-sheeted his bunk just for a goof.
  1. 1
    • : goof on, Slang. to tease, ridicule, or mock; make fun of.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as intarry

Examples

  • A UConn basketball fan drank hot sauce on Twitter as a goof.

  • Big payday at stake—players expected to leave goof butts home.

  • He plays a goof-off New York City cop in the show, which will air before New Girl on Tuesday nights.

  • “She sort of plays the goof a little bit and he plays off her,” says Clemente.

  • Preceding Die Antwoord, Lakers star Ron Artest joined Kimmel, and demonstrated how to do a hoax, or an act, or a goof, badly.

  • And on Tuesday, admissions director Mae Brown apologized for the goof, calling it an “administrative error.”

  • I just want to be sure somebody didn't goof and ring a special in here.

  • That picture, rising before my eyes, didn't give me much confidence in the unfortunate goof's ability to woo and win, I must say.

  • We know we're gonna get 'em eventually, because we know they're gonna goof up eventually, and then we'll have 'em.

  • Or was p. 39 this all goof ball sentiment in his own mind, to make himself feel real modest?

  • It was easier to assume that the goof-ups were being done deliberately.