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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We were buzzed, goofing around, pushing one another into snowbanks — oblivious gentrifiers on the home turf of seven friends out looking for a fight.
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Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
By Friday afternoon, the ex-Spice Girls member shared a second video clip showing her husband back at home, goofing around in the kitchen with a cucumber and some lettuce.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
Nathan loved goofing around, and had the sweetest of hearts.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025
Watch Frankie Cosmos goof around in the clip below, and scroll down for the LP art and tracklist.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2025
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Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2025
By Friday afternoon, the ex-Spice Girls member shared a second video clip showing her husband back at home, goofing around in the kitchen with a cucumber and some lettuce.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 27 June 2025
Nathan loved goofing around, and had the sweetest of hearts.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025
Watch Frankie Cosmos goof around in the clip below, and scroll down for the LP art and tracklist.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for goof around
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“Goof around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goof%20around. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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