Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to goof off
Participle: goofed off
Gerund: goofing off
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | goof off |
| you | goof off |
| he;she;it | goofs off |
| we | goof off |
| you | goof off |
| they | goof off |
Perfect
| I | have goofed off |
| you | have goofed off |
| he;she;it | has goofed off |
| we | have goofed off |
| you | have goofed off |
| they | have goofed off |
Past
| I | goofed off |
| you | goofed off |
| he;she;it | goofed off |
| we | goofed off |
| you | goofed off |
| they | goofed off |
Pluperfect
| I | had goofed off |
| you | had goofed off |
| he;she;it | had goofed off |
| we | had goofed off |
| you | had goofed off |
| they | had goofed off |
Future
| I | will goof off |
| you | will goof off |
| he;she;it | will goof off |
| we | will goof off |
| you | will goof off |
| they | will goof off |
Future Perfect
| I | will have goofed off |
| you | will have goofed off |
| he;she;it | will have goofed off |
| we | will have goofed off |
| you | will have goofed off |
| they | will have goofed off |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | goof off |
| you | goof off |
| he;she;it | goof off |
| we | goof off |
| you | goof off |
| they | goof off |
Perfect
| I | have goofed off |
| you | have goofed off |
| he;she;it | have goofed off |
| we | have goofed off |
| you | have goofed off |
| they | have goofed off |
Imperfect
| I | goofed off |
| you | goofed off |
| he;she;it | goofed off |
| we | goofed off |
| you | goofed off |
| they | goofed off |
Pluperfect
| I | had goofed off |
| you | had goofed off |
| he;she;it | had goofed off |
| we | had goofed off |
| you | had goofed off |
| they | had goofed off |
Conditional
Present
| I | would goof off |
| you | would goof off |
| he;she;it | would goof off |
| we | would goof off |
| you | would goof off |
| they | would goof off |
Perfect
| I | would have goofed off |
| you | would have goofed off |
| he;she;it | would have goofed off |
| we | would have goofed off |
| you | would have goofed off |
| they | would have goofed off |
Imperative
| you | goof off |
| we | Let's goof off |
| you | goof off |
Verbs conjugated like 'goof'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'goof'
boof,
golf,
goo,
good,
hoof,
loof,
poof,
roof,
woof,
boff,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Perhaps from dialectal English goff (“foolish clown”), from earlier goffe, in which case further etymology is uncertain.
2. Perhaps from Middle English goffen (“to speak in a frivolous manner”), possibly from Old English gaf, ġegaf (“base; wanton; lewd”, adjective), ġegaf (“buffoonery; scurrility”, noun), gaffetung, golfettung (“buffoonery; mockery”). Compare English dialectal gauffin (“lightheaded; foolish; giddy”), Scots gaff, gawf (“to talk loudly; babble”), Scots gaffaw (“a loud laugh”).
3. Alternatively, perhaps from Middle French goffe (“awkward; stupid”). Compare also Spanish gofo, Italian goffo.
Sample Sentences
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It's my fault. I goofed.
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GCN is in a sticky situation because we goofed and bought 10 pounds of a type of wax that we cannot use. [1986 August 9, “Attention Art World”, in Gay Community News, page 13:]
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We were just goofing by painting the neighbor's cat green.