Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to goof
Participle: goofed
Gerund: goofing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | goof |
| you | goof |
| he;she;it | goofs |
| we | goof |
| you | goof |
| they | goof |
Perfect
| I | have goofed |
| you | have goofed |
| he;she;it | has goofed |
| we | have goofed |
| you | have goofed |
| they | have goofed |
Past
| I | goofed |
| you | goofed |
| he;she;it | goofed |
| we | goofed |
| you | goofed |
| they | goofed |
Pluperfect
| I | had goofed |
| you | had goofed |
| he;she;it | had goofed |
| we | had goofed |
| you | had goofed |
| they | had goofed |
Future
| I | will goof |
| you | will goof |
| he;she;it | will goof |
| we | will goof |
| you | will goof |
| they | will goof |
Future Perfect
| I | will have goofed |
| you | will have goofed |
| he;she;it | will have goofed |
| we | will have goofed |
| you | will have goofed |
| they | will have goofed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | goof |
| you | goof |
| he;she;it | goof |
| we | goof |
| you | goof |
| they | goof |
Perfect
| I | have goofed |
| you | have goofed |
| he;she;it | have goofed |
| we | have goofed |
| you | have goofed |
| they | have goofed |
Imperfect
| I | goofed |
| you | goofed |
| he;she;it | goofed |
| we | goofed |
| you | goofed |
| they | goofed |
Pluperfect
| I | had goofed |
| you | had goofed |
| he;she;it | had goofed |
| we | had goofed |
| you | had goofed |
| they | had goofed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would goof |
| you | would goof |
| he;she;it | would goof |
| we | would goof |
| you | would goof |
| they | would goof |
Perfect
| I | would have goofed |
| you | would have goofed |
| he;she;it | would have goofed |
| we | would have goofed |
| you | would have goofed |
| they | would have goofed |
Imperative
| you | goof |
| we | Let's goof |
| you | goof |
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.