goof

goof
Synonyms and related words:
asshole, bitch, bitch up, bloomer, blooper, blow, blunder, bobble, bonehead into it, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, boob, boob stunt, booby, boot, bugger, bugger up, bungle, butterfingers, chump, clumsy, ding-a-ling, dingbat, dingdong, dolt, dolthead, drop a brick, drop the ball, dub, duff, duffer, dumb trick, err, fathead, flub, fluff, fool mistake, foozle, foozler, foul up, foul-up, fumble-fist, galoot, goof up, goofball, goofer, goon, gum up, hash up, hick, howler, jerk, jerk-off, klutz, louse up, louse-up, lummox, lump, lunkhead, mess up, miss, miss the mark, muck up, muck-up, muff, muffer, mutt, oaf, pratfall, prize sap, pull a boner, rube, sap, saphead, sawney, schlemiel, screamer, screw up, screw-up, slip, slip up, slob, stumblebum, stumblebunny

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  • goof up — ˌgoof ˈup [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they goof up he/she/it goofs up present participle goofing up past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • goof — goof·i·ly; goof·i·ness; goof; …   English syllables

  • goof|y — «GOO fee», adjective, goof|i|er, goof|i|est. Slang. silly: »a goofy look …   Useful english dictionary

  • goof on — [phrasal verb] goof on (someone or something) US slang : to make jokes about (someone or something) in a way that is either playful or unkind They re just goofing on [=kidding with, teasing] you. • • • Main Entry: ↑goof …   Useful english dictionary

  • goof — n. a stupid fool. [Colloq.] Syn: fathead, jackass, goose, cuckoo, zany. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • goof — v. i. to commit a faux pas or fault. Syn: sin, commit an offence, blunder, boob. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • goof — 1916, Amer.Eng., stupid person, perhaps a variant of English dialect goff foolish clown (1869), from 16c. goffe, probably from M.Fr. goffe awkward, stupid, of uncertain origin. Or English goffe may be from M.E. goffen speak in a frivolous manner …   Etymology dictionary

  • goof on — (someone) 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 someone/something …   New idioms dictionary

  • goof — ☆ goof [go͞of ] Informal n. [prob. < dial. goff < Fr goffe, stupid < It goffo] 1. a stupid, silly, or credulous person 2. a mistake; blunder vi. 1. to make a mistake; blunder, fail, etc.: often with up 2. to waste time, shirk one s… …   English World dictionary

  • goof-up — goof ,up noun count INFORMAL a situation in which you make a stupid mistake …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • goof-up — goof′ up n. Informal. cvb sts a mistake, blunder, or malfunction • Etymology: 1940–45 …   From formal English to slang

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