goof
Plural: goofs
Noun
- a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
- a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
- A mistake or error.
- A mistake or error.
- An error made during production which finds its way into the final release.
- A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.
- A rapist.
Verb
Verb Forms: goofed, goofing, goofs
- To make a foolish mistake; to blunder.
- commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
- To make a mistake.
- To engage in mischief.
Examples
- He knew he would GOOF if he rushed his turn, so he took his time.
- I made a goof in that last calculation.
- It's my fault. I goofed.
- We were just goofing by painting the neighbor's cat green.
- Your little brother is a total goof.
Origin / Etymology
Perhaps from dialectal English goff (“foolish clown”), from earlier goffe, in which case further etymology is uncertain.
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”).
Alternatively, perhaps from Middle French goffe (“awkward; stupid”). Compare also Spanish gofo, Italian goffo.
Synonyms
blunder, boob, bozo, buffoon, clown, cuckoo, drop the ball, fathead, goofball, goose, jackass, merry andrew, sin, twat, zany, aberration, barbarism, bloomer, blooper, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger, cock-up, erroneity, error, fault, faux pas, floater, flub, fluff, fuckup, gaffe, goof, goof around, howler, inaccuracy, lapse, lapsus, mess-up, misstep, mistake, oopsy, screwup, slip, slip-up, slipup, solecism, stumble, thinko, wrength
Scrabble Score: 8
goof: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordgoof: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
goof: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary