How to Use goof in a Sentence

goof

1 of 2 noun
  • Don't be such a goof.
  • I made a major goof.
  • Now, the goof-punks with cute videos are having the last laugh.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The goof was first spotted by the Guido Fawkes blog in Britain.
    Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2020
  • But every so often, a bit of goof breaks through the doom.
    Jason Bittel, National Geographic, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Watch Francis and Alesso goof around in the clip below.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 25 June 2018
  • Snow angels, group goofs and prop work with the football are back in.
    Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 9 Sep. 2017
  • The young princes and their mom goof off while snacking in Windsor Great Park.
    Janaya Wecker, Good Housekeeping, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Duck Sauce put the fun in funky with goof-ball jams that really rocked.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Riggs comes in the form of Steve Carell, that affable goof.
    Richard Lawson, vanityfair.com, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Dave is very laid back and easy going and everything is kind of a goof.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Although snacks are a great way to this goof’s heart, belly rubs do the trick every time.
    azcentral, 25 May 2018
  • In this award-winning episode, the show breaks format to goof on the murder mystery genre.
    Donald Liebenson, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2021
  • There was Cody, a tail-wagging goof of an English chocolate lab in for a check-up.
    Author: Rita Giordano, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Oct. 2019
  • In the end, Güero — half-labrador, half-boxer, full-bodied goof — would pay for that folly.
    Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • My goof provides a good time to address the challenges of the Upper Bartram trail.
    al, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The Chargers seem to have a bottomless supply of ways to goof in clutch moments.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The two do sped-up, makeup transformations and goof around out of drag.
    Ryan Kost, SFChronicle.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • But Smith took the goof-up in stride when posting a reaction on Twitter.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 8 May 2022
  • Leave it to Embiid to go to the second level with his Twitter goofs.
    Dan Gartland, SI.com, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Hannah was the de facto hero who Dunham could play as a willful goof.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2022
  • Most of all, Sierra can make almost anyone laugh and loves being a goof.
    Patrick May, The Mercury News, 9 May 2017
  • Telltale may be nearly gone for good, but its spirit lives on through the people that made its games — and its goofs.
    Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 29 Sep. 2018
  • The Nationals took advantage of Rockies goofs in the second to stake a 2-0 lead.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2017
  • For Maddon and Martinez, together a decade, this isn't a goof.
    Thomas Boswell, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • As the ringleader behind the male strippers, Brett McMahon is a likable enough goof-off.
    Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Some know him as one of the world's premiere DJs and producers, while others seem him as a goof with no shirt and long hair who throws cakes.
    Kat Bein, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Why wasn’t that snippy Mi Kyong being asked to stay after all her goof-ups?
    Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
  • Teammates made such a goof, fumbling the ball near their goal line, that the telecast returned to the exhibition.
    Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 Aug. 2017
  • In the live-action show, actors goof, riff and hang out; producers then extract the best moment in the editing room.
    Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2021
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goof

2 of 2 verb
  • It was clear that someone had goofed.
  • There are times to laugh, and times to goof off should be part of any team.
    Mark Billingsley, sacbee, 11 May 2018
  • Two girls who wanted to laugh and sing and goof around.
    Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • So on set, who’s the most serious and who goofs off the most?
    Kevin Nguyen, GQ, 1 Feb. 2018
  • But also, the Tigers are like the worst team in baseball — and were just goofing off at the end of the year.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 2 Oct. 2017
  • This is true, too: The Chargers have still managed to goof it up.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The brothas just run with it and start goofing off like in their Nickelodeon days.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 4 Feb. 2019
  • At least half the slides featured the two of them smiling and goofing off.
    Jennifer Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Brown and Newton shared videos of them on a football field, on the beach, in the gym and of just them goofing around.
    Alysha Tsuji, For The Win, 27 June 2018
  • That works out to just under five hours per week of goofing off on phones.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 25 July 2017
  • Come to find out, the Mattel employees used to goof around.
    Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 7 Feb. 2020
  • We were stuck in the car together for an hour goofing off and singing.
    Valerie Complex, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Mar. 2019
  • When Jake goofs off at the scene of a robbery, Amy reprimands him.
    Sauleha Kamal, The Atlantic, 12 June 2018
  • McCormick shared photos of the cast goofing off on set, just like old times.
    Megan Friedman, Country Living, 8 Nov. 2018
  • The two stop to laugh or goof around between practicing tricks for their next gig.
    Everton Bailey Jr., OregonLive.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • There is less goofing off in the workplace shows that have been among the most talked about programs since the rise of streaming.
    Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
  • The point is that Twitter used to be about goofing off and making each other laugh.
    Wired, 19 Nov. 2019
  • There’s Madonna hanging on the ground, laying face to face with a mirror, and goofing off with a friend on the floor.
    Women's Health, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Users film videos of themselves and friends goofing off or mugging for the camera.
    Casey Newton, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2019
  • In between songs, the group’s members would sometimes goof around and push each other to tell jokes.
    Susie Schmank, Indianapolis Star, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Without naming names, a sophomore was goofing off a bit on the field.
    Rich Mayor, Naperville Sun, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The young men and some of their buddies had gone to Harriet Island to goof around and shoot off a handgun.
    Sarah Horner, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2019
  • He and the other boys just flap off and spend the summers goofing off together.
    Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Who goofed up giving the thumbs-up and, given that the place has been humming for more than a month, what if anything can be done?
    Jay Weaver, miamiherald, 3 Mar. 2018
  • Though the star was just goofing around, the post makes a great point: even the most active people don't always look flawless.
    Katina Beniaris, Woman's Day, 2 May 2017
  • The video is hilarious, with Eva cracking jokes the whole time and goofing off with her friend.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 25 July 2023
  • In the video, Jessica can be seen lunging to the side, front, and back while holding a dumbbell, as Justin goofs off in the background.
    Korin Miller, Women's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The McLaren team has been trailed by not one, but two sets of cameras — one for the Netflix series and one to goof around on a network late-night show.
    Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 8 May 2022
  • Angeline still has a video up on her IG of her and Noah goofing around back in November of 2016.
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 24 Aug. 2018
  • In other photos from the event, Hyland and Adams are clearly goofing around and having a blast.
    Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 13 Dec. 2018

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