What does goof mean?
Goof means (US, informal) A mistake or error..
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/ɡuːf/ · noun
(US, informal) A mistake or error..
I made a goof in that last calculation.
Your little brother is a total goof.
It's my fault. I goofed.
GCN is in a sticky situation because we goofed and bought 10 pounds of a type of wax that we cannot use.
We were just goofing by painting the neighbor's cat green.
Use goof when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Goof means (US, informal) A mistake or error..
Common synonyms include blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I made a goof in that last calculation.
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