Usually means: Mistake made in a silly way.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. goof: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. goof: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. goof: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. goof: Collins English Dictionary
  5. goof: Vocabulary.com
  6. Goof, goof: Wordnik
  7. goof: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. goof: Wiktionary
  9. goof: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. goof: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. goof: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. goof: Dictionary.com
  13. goof: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. goof: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Goof, The Goof: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. goof: Rhymezone
  17. goof: Free Dictionary
  18. goof: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. goof: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. goof: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. GOOF: Acronym Finder
  2. goof: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. goof, goof, goof, goof: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. goof: ESL Slang page

(Note: See goofed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (US, informal) A mistake or error.
noun:  (US, cinematography, informal) An error made during production which finds its way into the final release.
noun:  (US, Canada, MTE, informal) A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.
noun:  (Canada, prison slang) A rapist.
verb:  (US) To make a mistake.
verb:  (US) To engage in mischief.

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