goof
verb (used without object)
to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
is goofing
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present progressiveof goof (3rd person singular).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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Eileen Shiffrin, Mikaela’s mother and original skiing Obi-Wan, says she knows it’s going to be a good day when her daughter is goofing off and chatty.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
“I still feel like the altar boy who is goofing on the priest,” he insists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
In one picture, he is goofing around in a white tutu.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2023
This is goofing off—and stop wasting that paper.
From Stories from the Old Attic by Robert A. Harris
