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verb

Definition of goof (off)next
as in to kill time
to spend time doing nothing returned home unannounced and found the au pair goofing off

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goof-off

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noun

as in slacker

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for goof (off)
  1. veg out
  2. slacker
  3. kick back
  4. underachiever
  5. lounge
  6. hang about
  7. rest
  8. footle
Verb
  • Just take care of your[self], and veg out.
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
  • This set is damn near professional-wear, with a blazer-style top and contrast piping for those who like to veg out with dignity.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 10 Dec. 2025
Definition of veg out
Noun
  • The slacker generation of latchkey kids has become the sandwich generation with a full house of both grandparents and children.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 31 July 2026
  • Inspired by the alien invasion genre and slacker hang out movies, the film is about a group of friends standing up against an alien invasion that threatens to swallow the whole world.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 2 July 2026
Definition of slacker
Verb
  • Up on the top floor, the rooftop skylounge features a private pool and a summer kitchen, along with plenty of places to kick back and enjoy the ocean views.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Home to Montage Palmetto Bluff, a previous winner in the World’s Best Awards, the tiny town knows exactly how to kick back under the live oak trees.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of kick back
Noun
  • Playoff success feels especially unlikely because Panarin, their best player, is a notorious underachiever in the playoffs and proved it again, recording zero five-on-five points in four games against the Avs.
    — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Winning another Emmy is off the table, though, making this a race between the gifted Seehorn, a perennial Emmy underachiever, and Russell, nominated five times as actor and still looking for her first trophy.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of underachiever
Verb
  • This two-piece set was particularly designed for lounging and getting things done alike.
    — Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Laughing, smoking cigarettes, and sipping bottles of Red Stripe, numerous packs of Black folks lounged around the joint.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of lounge
Verb
  • President James Garfield’s assassin, Charles Guiteau, died by hanging about five months after he was convicted of murder.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • On Monday, May 18, a 7%-illuminated crescent will hang about two degrees from Venus, with Jupiter about 20 degrees above.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 15 May 2026
Definition of hang about
Verb
  • Razon, not one to rest on his success, is pressing ahead with the expansion of his port and energy interests at home and beyond.
    — Naazneen Karmali, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Situated comfortably outside the Charlotte Hornets’ locker room, resting in a folding chair following an individual workout, Naz Reid recalls the moment.
    — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of rest
Verb
  • Last year an American startup called Swarm Technologies paid a footling $900,000 fine for sending four tiny satellites into orbit on an Indian rocket, having been denied permission to do so by the US Federal Communications Commission.
    — The Economist, The Economist, 17 July 2019
Definition of footle
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