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• an extremely well-behaved person.

  She's too much of a goody two-shoes to do drugs.

  Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

noun

• a funny or silly person. Also goof-ball.

                                               
  
  Citation from "Weekends At Mort's", Bob's Burgers (TV), Season 1 Episode 11 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a joker, comic, funny person.

  Last edited on Jul 12 2011. Submitted by Anonymous from Mississauga, ON, Canada on Nov 04 1997.

• a mistake.

  That was actually a pretty serious goof. It might cost you your job.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.

  Last edited on Jul 12 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

• a child molester. Prison and jail slang.

  Yo, that bird is a goof.

  Last edited on Jan 18 2012. Submitted by Mr Anonymous from Sarnia, ON, Canada on Jan 18 2012.

other

• G.o.o.f. is an acrinume meaning Good Only On Fridays and that in jail means that very simply you were on welfare. As Friday was the only day welfare recipients got tobacco. And tobacco was currency in jail to buy such things as drugs. Not to mention that when it was first used welfare was not something you happy to be on (it was shuned on and one did what they could to get off of it).

  Last edited on Jan 31 2015. Submitted by Anonymous on Jan 31 2015.

verb - intransitive

• to make a mistake.

  I goofed.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err.

  Last edited on Jul 12 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

• a fool.

  Last edited on Sep 09 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

• to ramble on endlessly, usually repetitively.

  Today my professor went off on substitution by parts.

  Last edited on Jan 22 1999. Submitted by Audrey M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 22 1999.

• to be exciting.

  The party went off!

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

• to become angry.

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

verb - transitive

• to verbally chastise, angrily.

  I omitted Bob from my guest list knowing he would go off on me for having also invited his ex-wife.

  Last edited on Jan 02 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

• to rant explosively about something.

  When I saw the plastic bag on the street I waited for my friend to go off on the topic of recycling.

  Last edited on Jan 02 2012. Submitted by Suzanne M. Cable from Fairfax, CA, USA on Jan 02 2012.

verb

• to go crazy.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to become angry, go crazy, freak out.

  Last edited on Nov 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

• to happen without problems.
  • See more words with the same meaning: to happen.

  Last edited on Oct 03 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.