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Goof   /guf/   Listen
Goof

verb
1.
Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake.  Synonyms: blunder, boob, drop the ball, sin.
noun
1.
A man who is a stupid incompetent fool.  Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goofball, goose, jackass, twat, zany.
2.
A person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior.  Synonyms: buffoon, clown, goofball, merry andrew.



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"Goof" Quotes from Famous Books



... son food. He's very old and feeble. He passed here yesterday and he look so wasted and hungry. His stomick look like it vas drawn in, you know. I gif him some fresh hocks. I know dey could not eat all of them in a day and I'm afrait it von't be goof [TR: goot? or good?] for dem today. I vas trained to help people in neet. It's pert of my religion. See, if ve sit on de stritcar and an olt person comes in and finds no seat, ve get up and gif him one. If ve see a person loaded vid bundles and he iss old and barely able to go, ve gif a hand. See, ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume IV, Georgia Narratives, Part 1 • Works Projects Administration


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