goof
verb (used without object)
to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
are goofing
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present progressiveof goof.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Luckily, most of the clinching teams still have had home field advantage to play for, and managers are very averse to giving the appearance that they are goofing off in nigh-meaningless games.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2011
The other 49 are goofing off for purely personal reasons.
From Time Magazine Archive
It isn't too hard to tell, though, when people are goofing off.
From Time Magazine Archive
Outside, Taft and Will are goofing around in the Japanese garden.
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
