The meaning of Goof

noun

A stupid or careless mistake.

Usage examples:

She stopped, finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made

verb

Make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily.

Usage examples:

He knew he'd blundered

noun

A big mistake, especially one resulting from a lack of care or thought

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His failure to respond immediately to the accusations was a major political blunder., he feared he …

noun

A stupid person.

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The mere mention of the words ‘far right’ calls forth an image of tattooed boneheads or the spectre…

noun

A foolish or easily deceived person.

Usage examples:

I was left feeling a bit of a chump

noun

A foolish or stupid person

Usage examples:

What a chump he was to quit his job.

noun

A lump of earth or clay.

Usage examples:

Frost is essential for breaking up clods into manageable sizes

noun

A comic entertainer, especially one in a circus, wearing a traditional costume and exaggerated make-up.

Usage examples:

A circus clown

verb

Behave in a comical or playful way.

Usage examples:

Harvey clowned around pretending to be a dog

noun

An entertainer who wears silly clothes and makes people laugh by performing tricks without speech

Usage examples:

The people running this school are a bunch of clowns., stop clowning around and get serious!

noun

A stupid person (used as a general term of abuse).

noun

An offensive word for a person who is considered to be very stupid or unpleasant

noun

A stupid or silly person.

Usage examples:

This is what causes otherwise innocent young children to grow up into a population of stupid dimwits!

noun

A stupid person

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I've completely forgotten what i came in here for - i'm such a dimwit!, look where you're going, di…

noun

A stupid person.

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It's foolish to complain about uninteresting times, especially when one of your favourite curses is…

noun

A drug taken illegally for recreational purposes, especially cannabis.

Usage examples:

My dad caught me smoking dope

verb

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to enhance or inhibit sporting performance.

Usage examples:

The horse was doped before the race

adjective

Administer drugs to (a racehorse, greyhound, or athlete) in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance.

Usage examples:

The horse was doped before the race

noun

A slow or stupid person.

Usage examples:

He was caricatured as a dupe and a dullard

noun

A stupid person

noun

A model or replica of a human being.

Usage examples:

A waxwork dummy

verb

(chiefly in rugby and soccer) feign a pass or kick in order to deceive an opponent.

Usage examples:

Blanco dummied past a static defence

noun

A person who is slow at learning; a stupid person.

Usage examples:

He was baffled by arithmetic and they called him a dunce at school

noun

A person who is slow to learn or stupid, especially at school

verb

Be mistaken or incorrect; make a mistake.

Usage examples:

The judge had erred in ruling that the evidence was inadmissible

verb

To make a mistake

Usage examples:

It’s preferable to err on the side of caution (= to be too careful) rather than risk disaster.

abbreviation

Feminine.

symbol

(in units of measurement) femto- (10−15).

Usage examples:

The detection limits of the enzymatic activity tests are between 10 and 500 fg per test

noun

The sixth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

They are guaranteed f's if they goof around

verb

Botch or bungle (something).

Usage examples:

She glanced at her notes and flubbed her lines

noun

A thing badly or clumsily done; a blunder.

Usage examples:

The textbooks are littered with flubs

verb

To fail or make a mistake, esp. when performing

Usage examples:

[ i ] he really flubbed badly by not catching the ball., [ t ] sheila flubbed her lines in the seco…

noun

Soft fibres from fabrics such as wool or cotton which accumulate in small light clumps.

Usage examples:

He brushed his sleeve to remove the fluff

verb

Make (something) appear fuller and softer by shaking or brushing it.

Usage examples:

I fluffed up the pillows

noun

A soft mass of fibers, feathers, or hair

Usage examples:

Cotton fluff, the cat, a ball of white fluff, darted into the house and started to lick its fur., w…

noun

A person who acts unwisely or imprudently; a silly person.

Usage examples:

I felt a bit of a fool

verb

Trick or deceive (someone); dupe.

Usage examples:

He fooled nightclub managers into believing he was a successful businessman

adjective

Foolish; silly.

Usage examples:

That damn fool waiter

noun

A silly, foolish, or eccentric person.

noun

Cheap wine, especially when sold in large cartons.

Usage examples:

We sat in the kitchen drinking the rest of the goon

noun

A foolish or stupid person.

Usage examples:

Worst of all were the halfwits in the background, guffawing at every pathetic gag

noun

A stupid person.

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I feel like an idiot who swallowed every lie i was told

noun

A foolish person, esp. someone who has done something stupid

Usage examples:

I felt like an idiot., whose idiotic idea was it to go camping?

noun

An ignorant or stupid person.

Usage examples:

Assume that your examiner is an ignoramus and explain everything to him

noun

A person who knows nothing

Usage examples:

I'm a complete ignoramus where computers are concerned.

noun

A stupid person.

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No matter what you call the mentally deficient, that term will come to be an insult when applied to…

adjective

Stupid; idiotic.

Usage examples:

Try not to make imbecile remarks

noun

A stupid person

noun

A stupid person.

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First, you had every right to break up with me because i was a complete jackass and a moron and you…

noun

A silly, stupid person

Usage examples:

Why is russ behaving like such a jackass?

noun

A silly or foolish person.

Usage examples:

If only she weren't such a lovesick loon

noun

A large diving waterbird with a sleek black or grey head, a straight pointed bill, and short legs set far back under the body; a diver.

Usage examples:

The first, innocuous shower stroked the lake's surface but, when the wind came up, the loons began …

verb

Act in a foolish or desultory way.

Usage examples:

He decided to loon around london

phrasal verb

To treat someone badly

Usage examples:

I'm tired of being messed around by my bank., don't mess me about!

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

We can't let these thoughtless morons get away with mindless vandalism every weekend

noun

A stupid person

noun

A very stupid person

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Some moron smashed into the back of my car yesterday., [ as form of address ] you moron!

noun

A foolish or stupid person.

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And, as a reader recently suggested, it would allow movie watchers to gang up on the nincompoops wh…

noun

A foolish or stupid person

noun

A foolish and weak person.

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Except for a scant few, the characters in st. elmo's fire are all either weasels, deceptive clods o…

noun

A foolish person

noun

A silly or foolish person (often as a general term of abuse).

Usage examples:

I want nothing to do with that bunch of nitwits!

noun

A foolish or stupid person

noun

A foolish or gullible person.

Usage examples:

Stop grinning at me like a simpleton

noun

A person without the usual ability to use reason and understand

noun

A silly or annoying person.

Usage examples:

He's just an annoying twerp who contributes nothing.

noun

A stupid person