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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



... stew-bums and firebugs and the rest of the zanies down on our books"—he waved toward the computer again—"and down in the memory bank of the computer. We know we're gonna get 'em eventually, because we know they're gonna goof up eventually, and then we'll have 'em. We'll have 'em"—he made a clutching gesture with his ...
— Nor Iron Bars a Cage.... • Gordon Randall Garrett


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