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goof on

goof on verb: to mildly mock, tease, make fun of; usually implying good-natured fun more than biting sarcasm.

Verb

goof on (third-person singular simple present goofs on, present participle goofing on, simple past and past participle goofed on)

  1. (informal, transitive) To mildly mock, tease, make fun of; usually implying good-natured fun more than biting sarcasm.
    • The students were goofing on the food safety training, pretending to eat off the floor, to shortchange their handwashing, and so on.

Forms of goof on

third-person singular presentgoofs on
present participlegoofing on
past participlegoofed on
pastgoofed on

Questions about goof on

What does goof on mean?
Goof on means to mildly mock, tease, make fun of; usually implying good-natured fun more than biting sarcasm.
What part of speech is goof on?
Goof on is a verb.
What is the past tense of goof on?
The past tense of goof on is goofed on.

Words near goof on in the dictionary

  1. gooeyness
  2. gooeys
  3. goof
  4. goof around
  5. goof off
  6. goof on
  7. goof up
  8. goof-off
  9. goof-offs
  10. goof-up
  11. goof-ups

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