Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)To mildly mock, tease, make fun of; usually implying good-natured fun more than biting sarcasm.

    The students were goofing on the food safety training, pretending to eat off the floor, to shortchange their handwashing, and so on.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He goofed on the job and got fired.

    ruОн ступил на работе и был уволен.

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Forms

goofs on, goofing on, goofed on, goofed on
Base formgoof on · to goof on
3rd person singulargoofs on
Present participlegoofing on
Past simplegoofed on
Past participlegoofed on

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theygoof on
he, she, itgoofs on

Past simpleLesson

all personsgoofed on

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave goofed on
he, she, ithas goofed on

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill goof on

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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