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Meanings of goofing off in English

Spanish
haraganería

The evasion of work or duty.

        haraganería
        Usage of goofing off in English
        1
        So now let's stop goofing off, and put it into simple terms.
        Highways in Hiding
        2
        He'd drifted from day to day, goofing off with people he called friends.
        Table for five
        3
        As sloppy as you people are, they'll just assume you're goofing off somewhere.
        Changer of Worlds
        4
        You might think about that sometime when you're goofing off behind them goddam glasses.
        A Confederacy of Dunces
        5
        Bernhard's processor block didn't respond to datavises, so everyone assumed he was goofing off.
        The Naked God
        6
        There's nothing wrong with scheduling an evening of goofing off!
        Time management for system administrators
        7
        They're equally conducive to silly goofing off as they are to serious real-time collaboration.
        Wired
        8
        They're probably goofing off at the office now, too.
        Reuters
        9
        All you're doing is goofing off on a cliff.
        Climbing Magazine
        10
        I didn't spend all of my time goofing off.
        Ready Player One
        11
        Michael, quit your goofing off and get up here.
        Hearts of grey
        12
        Rebecca Weber, a slim black girl with a penchant for goofing off, raised her hand.
        The witch of agnesi
        13
        This is goofing off-andstop wasting that paper.
        Stories from the Old Attic
        14
        Stop goofing off, it makes me look bad.
        Wired
        15
        So I'd find myself looking at the junior-high kids exercising or drawing pictures or just goofing off.
        The Elephant Vanishes
        16
        Thanks to the area's 50-plus colleges, Boston has a reputation for hitting the books first, goofing off second.
        The Irish Times
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