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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The same person that says this is daycare, games, goofing around, not punitive enough.
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Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Meanwhile, Chip immediately goes to test out the treadmill and starts goofing around on the machine.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 24 June 2025
We were buzzed, goofing around, pushing one another into snowbanks — oblivious gentrifiers on the home turf of seven friends out looking for a fight.
—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
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Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Meanwhile, Chip immediately goes to test out the treadmill and starts goofing around on the machine.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 24 June 2025
We were buzzed, goofing around, pushing one another into snowbanks — oblivious gentrifiers on the home turf of seven friends out looking for a fight.
—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
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“Goof around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goof%20around. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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