Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - goof
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Goof
goof
~1 also goof up ~ v especially AmE to make a silly mistake (The restaurant totally goofed up our reservations.) - goof-off n - goof-up n goof around phr v AmE informal to spend time doing silly things; mess about BrE goof off phr v AmE informal to waste time or avoid doing any work (Wayne's been goofing off at school and his report card shows it.) ~2 n informal especially AmE 1 someone who is silly 2 a silly mistake (a goof on the spelling test)
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1.
(goofs, goofing, goofed) 1. If you goof or goof up, you make a silly mistake. (INFORMAL) We goofed last week at the end of our interview with singer Annie Ross. VERB: V, also V adv • Goof is also a noun. But was it, in fact, a hideous goof? N-COUNT 2. If you call someone a goof, you think they are silly. (INFORMAL) I could write for TV as well as any of those goofs. = fool, idiot N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: probably alteration of English dialect goff simpleton Date: 1915 1. a silly or stupid person 2. blunder II. verb Date: 1932 intransitive verb 1. a. to spend time idly or foolishly — usually used with off ~ing off instead of working b. to engage in playful activity — usually used with around ~ing around after school 2. to make a usually foolish or careless mistake ; blunder — often used with up transitive verb to make a mess of ; bungle — usually used with up ~ed up the assignment ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. sl. --n. 1 a foolish or stupid person. 2 a mistake. --v. 1 tr. bungle, mess up. 2 intr. blunder, make a mistake. 3 intr. (often foll. by off) idle. 4 tr. (as goofed adj.) stupefied with drugs. Etymology: var. of dial. goff f. F goffe f. It. goffo f. med.L gufus coarse ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. разг. тупица, кретин 2. ам. разг. человек, находящийся под действием наркотиков; накачавшийся наркотиками 3. сл. нелепая ошибка; промах, ляп 4. проделка, шутка над дураком, жестокий розыгрыш one of their most stunning goofs occurred yesterday —- вчера они устроили одну из самых ошеломляющих своих проделок 5. сл. сделать нелепую ошибку; опростоволоситься, попасть впросак, промахнуться I goofed —- у меня получилась накладка 6. сл. болтаться без дела, лодырничать, прогуливать (также goof around) we just goofed around until train time —- мы старались убить время до прихода поезда 7. сл. портить; срывать, проваливать (замысел и т. п.; также goof up) he goofed up one opportunity after another —- он упускал одну возможность за другой 8. сл. (on) дурачить, разыгрывать to goof on smb. —- издеваться над кем-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1916, Amer.Eng., "stupid person," perhaps a variant of Eng. dial. goff "foolish clown" (1869), from 16c. goffe, probably from M.Fr. goffe "awkward, stupid," of uncertain origin. Or Eng. goffe may be from M.E. goffen "speak in a frivolous manner," possibly from O.E. gegaf "buffoonery," and gaffetung "scolding." Sense of "a blunder" is c.1954, probably infl. by gaffe, the verbal meaning "waste time" is 1932; goof off "loaf" is 1941. Goofy is attested from 1921; goofball "narcotic" is from 1930s; as an intensive of goof, 1959. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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