goof around
phrasal verb
goofed around; goofing around; goofs around
chiefly US, informal
: to spend time doing silly or playful things
The kids were goofing around in the backyard.
Examples of goof around in a Sentence
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As this report suggests: One of the most important functions of goofing around is to bond people to one another.
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Julia Ries, SELF, 13 June 2024
In barracks that resemble a locker room, the troops goof around, play loud music, lift weights, and swap tales of past firefights.
—Bing West, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
At $15,000 a piece, Teal’s products are far too pricey to goof around with.
—Eva Dou, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
The clip shows the pair goofing around together, playing pickle ball and high-fiving each other.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
And while goofing around in a theater was fun, the challenge and buzz of playing for knowing audiences was small beer indeed compared to the whole-of-being workout of doing undercover improv on national tv and radio.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 7 Feb. 2024
Keegan held his arm out toward a section of bleachers full of 300-pound offensive linemen goofing around.
—Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2024
Vaughn has been goofing around with the action-comedy genre for a while, cutting his teeth as a producer for Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch) before directing his own odds-and-sods crime flick Layer Cake in 2004.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
Every Friday after practice, with the week's game plan 90-95% done, the Detroit Lions offensive coordinator picks his daughter up from school and heads home to goof around in the basement.
—Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024
Julia Ries, SELF, 13 June 2024
In barracks that resemble a locker room, the troops goof around, play loud music, lift weights, and swap tales of past firefights.
—Bing West, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2011
At $15,000 a piece, Teal’s products are far too pricey to goof around with.
—Eva Dou, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
The clip shows the pair goofing around together, playing pickle ball and high-fiving each other.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 1 Apr. 2024
And while goofing around in a theater was fun, the challenge and buzz of playing for knowing audiences was small beer indeed compared to the whole-of-being workout of doing undercover improv on national tv and radio.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 7 Feb. 2024
Keegan held his arm out toward a section of bleachers full of 300-pound offensive linemen goofing around.
—Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2024
Vaughn has been goofing around with the action-comedy genre for a while, cutting his teeth as a producer for Guy Ritchie (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch) before directing his own odds-and-sods crime flick Layer Cake in 2004.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
Every Friday after practice, with the week's game plan 90-95% done, the Detroit Lions offensive coordinator picks his daughter up from school and heads home to goof around in the basement.
—Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024
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“Goof around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goof%20around. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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