goof around
phrasal verb
goofed around; goofing around; goofs around
chiefly US, informal
: to spend time doing silly or playful things
The kids were goofing around in the backyard.
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Look at these two, goofing around in their matching sunglasses.
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
This was where they were raised, where the future Reality Bites director would goof around with the other kids in their building and shoot their escapades with a Super 8 Canon his dad bought him.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
The five-minute mash-up rapidly intercuts scenes of happy domesticity (a loving mother, kids in face paint eating popcorn in front of the tube, teens affectionately goofing around) with gruesome murders committed by a beautiful little boy.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
On the walk to the stadium, the boys goofed around and tossed a football.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
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Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
This was where they were raised, where the future Reality Bites director would goof around with the other kids in their building and shoot their escapades with a Super 8 Canon his dad bought him.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025
The five-minute mash-up rapidly intercuts scenes of happy domesticity (a loving mother, kids in face paint eating popcorn in front of the tube, teens affectionately goofing around) with gruesome murders committed by a beautiful little boy.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
On the walk to the stadium, the boys goofed around and tossed a football.
—Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Goof around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goof%20around. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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