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