Past tense of goof
regular verb
The past tense of goof is goofed. The past participle is also goofed.
Forms of goof
| Base form (V1) | goof /ɡuːf/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | goofed /ɡuːft/ |
| Past participle (V3) | goofed /ɡuːft/ |
| Present participle | goofing /ˈɡuːfɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | goofs /ɡuːfs/ |
Goofed in a sentence
- It's my fault. I goofed.
- GCN is in a sticky situation because we goofed and bought 10 pounds of a type of wax that we cannot use.1986 August 9, “Attention Art World”, in Gay Community News, page 13
- I tried to fix it, but I think I just goofed it up some more.From the entry goof up
- He goofed off this whole project.From the entry goof off
- The practice of this became an everyday ritual where, instead of press-ups for punishment if you goofed off, the offending student had to execute twenty parachute rolls.2014, Phil Tomkins, Once A Soldier, page 19. From the entry parachute roll
Meaning of goof
- noun A mistake or error.
- noun An error made during production which finds its way into the final release.
- noun A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.
Questions about the past tense of goof
- What is the past tense of goof?
- The past tense of goof is goofed.
- What is the past participle of goof?
- The past participle of goof is goofed.
- Is goof a regular or irregular verb?
- Goof is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: goof (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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