Meaning

2 senses

  1. (slang)To make a mistake.

    If I go near a skateboard, I'm sure I'm just going to goof up and fall off.

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  2. (slang, transitive)To introduce problems to or damage through incompetence.

    I tried to fix it, but I think I just goofed it up some more.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. If you goof it up twice, I suggest hightailing it to Moscow or someplace.

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Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
to make a mistake:

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personsgoofed up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill goof up

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
foul upscrew upmess upbugger up cock up

Word family

1 related words
Derivedgoof-up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gooeygoofgoofygoogle
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