goof

Assigning in-class lessons on devices invites kids to rush through them so they can goof off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

I think pretty early on, we were like, “Let’s goof on Alex for a little while in this conspiracy world.”

From Slate ● Jul. 12, 2026

But sometimes, movies like “The Monkey” can only see fit to goof around with toys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025

"This is reputation management of the highest order," he wrote, criticising the "softest editing" which painted Sir Jacob wrongly as a "harmless gosh-and-golly goof".

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2024

Part of me always believed that this whole bar mitzvah thing was kind of a goof for him.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

He goofs off with the ball kids, who are closer in age to him than any of the tennis pooh-bahs in charge.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2025

That may make it easier to get correct answers, but also can make the stakes higher if the AI goofs and makes a user uncomfortable or botches financial data.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2023

By this point, I’ve made countless gardening goofs, big and small, and those mistakes have given me a healthy perspective on our limited power over nature.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 22, 2023

But the endgame matters little — “Four Samosas” is all about the team’s goofs.

From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2022

“I heard you. Maybe I’m too old to get mad, or maybe what you consider goofs aren’t what / consider goofs—it’s just stuff that happens.”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

Colbert often goofed on his public image with mock outrage over perceived offenses, a carry-over from his long-running shtick on “The Colbert Report.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

In down times, they played card games and goofed around, singing patriotic songs, recording videos and taking selfies.

From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2023

"Ecowas goofed, the Nigerian president also goofed," said Prof Khalifa Dikwa, an academic at the University of Maiduguri and a member of an influential group of elders in northern Nigeria.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2023

You need a paper trail that shows Avianca or GoToGate goofed.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023

The guys from the Pacific and Northeast teams goofed up the most.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

That problem-solving begins long before Saturdays, when Smith hones his particular set of skills in sessions that might otherwise look like goofing off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Geisel lasted less than a year in Oxford, but Jones says "once he's hooked up with Helen" he spent his time "travelling, goofing off and kind of really doing anything but his studies".

From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026

Eileen Shiffrin, Mikaela’s mother and original skiing Obi-Wan, says she knows it’s going to be a good day when her daughter is goofing off and chatty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026

Older kids and adults — even those who aren't furries — also love some animal-themed goofing off: Consider the mascots associated wity many college sports teams.

From Salon ● May 12, 2025

Since it rained for the rest of the day, we spent most of the afternoon goofing off in the rec room.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio