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noun

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

                                               
  
  Citation from "Weekends At Mort's", Bob's Burgers (TV), Season 1 Episode 11 (2011) blacked out to resolve 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.