Usage of "goofing off"

Spanish

The evasion of work or duty.

Synonyms

Examples for "soldiering"

Public order, security details... yes, it's a different kind of soldiering now. 
 Jacinto's Remnant 

There is often a culture of soldiering on among crews, added Sampson. 
 The Guardian 

As for his health, Sturrock is doing much more than soldiering on. 
 The Guardian 

I have had some experience in soldiering, and I have a following. 
 The Lighted Way 

But they turned-to very merrily, in this first night of real soldiering. 
 The Iron Game: A Tale of the War 

The shirking of responsibility by leading Russian officials; their lack of enterprise. 
 Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 

Folks shirking, and even stealing; we have to keep a sharp lookout. 
 Winnie Childs, the Shop Girl 

It is a shirking of our responsibilities, a distraction from our purpose. 
 Ebony 

I knew that before long she'd notice I was shirking the face. 
 The Greater Inclination 

Perhaps, after all, there is something to be said for shirking it. 
 The Research Magnificent 

Yet there was no way I was going to start slacking off. 
 Confessions of a wall street analyst: a true story of inside inf... 

The sell-swords would have too many watchers to try slacking off today. 
 Knife of dreams 

However, you may feel a little frustrated with a noticeable slacking off. 
 The South African 

Ralph Percival was contentedly slacking it in preparation for a pass degree. 
 A College Girl 

I'm not having you slacking off while he has work to do. 
 The Reality Dysfunction 

He sounded out of breath, but Hall had no idea why; he had been goldbricking all night. 
 Night Shift 

Usage of goofing off in English

So now let's stop goofing off, and put it into simple terms. 
 Highways in Hiding 

He'd drifted from day to day, goofing off with people he called friends. 
 Table for five 

As sloppy as you people are, they'll just assume you're goofing off somewhere. 
 Changer of Worlds 

You might think about that sometime when you're goofing off behind them goddam glasses. 
 A Confederacy of Dunces 

Bernhard's processor block didn't respond to datavises, so everyone assumed he was goofing off. 
 The Naked God 

There's nothing wrong with scheduling an evening of goofing off! 
 Time management for system administrators 

They're equally conducive to silly goofing off as they are to serious real-time collaboration. 
 Wired 

They're probably goofing off at the office now, too. 
 Reuters 

All you're doing is goofing off on a cliff. 
 Climbing Magazine 

I didn't spend all of my time goofing off. 
 Ready Player One 

Michael, quit your goofing off and get up here. 
 Hearts of grey 

Rebecca Weber, a slim black girl with a penchant for goofing off, raised her hand. 
 The witch of agnesi 

This is goofing off-andstop wasting that paper. 
 Stories from the Old Attic 

Stop goofing off, it makes me look bad. 
 Wired 

So I'd find myself looking at the junior-high kids exercising or drawing pictures or just goofing off. 
 The Elephant Vanishes 

Thanks to the area's 50-plus colleges, Boston has a reputation for hitting the books first, goofing off second. 
 The Irish Times 

goofing

goof

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Translations for goofing off

Spanish

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United States of America

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Meanings of goofing off in English