Definition of goofy
goofier
;goofiest
: being crazy, ridiculous, or mildly ludicrous : silly a goofy sense of humor that hat looks goofy
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She was making goofy faces at us in class.
an actress known for her goofy charm
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Reboot of the goofy 1970s TV series, with Michael Peña, Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Rosa Salazar.
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Phil Dunphy is the father of Sarah's character Haley on Modern Family, and he's known for his goofy antics.
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The sheer minimalism of this image starts to have an eerie effect that belies the goofy origins of it.
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Too big would get too goofy, and too small would look too smart, or too discerning.
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Kellis, an American Bulldog/Pit Bull mix who is goofy-looking in a good way, came under the care of Paws and Prayers with a terrible skin infection.
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Reboot of the goofy 1970s TV series, with Michael Peña, Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell, Rosa Salazar.
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Mitch Goldich [3:39 PM]: That will be a goofy looking double on the spray chart, the first hop might have been 5 feet from the plate.
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Police Academy (July 1) Steve Guttenberg's Mahoney joins the police force—alongside a group of clownish fellow recruits, all of whom are at odds with their superior (G.W. Bailey)—in the first installment in this classically goofy '80s series.
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Origin and Etymology of goofy
see 1goof
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