goofing off

goofing off
noun
the evasion of work or duty
Syn: ↑shirking, ↑slacking, ↑soldiering, ↑goldbricking
Derivationally related forms: ↑goldbrick (for: ↑goldbricking), ↑slack (for: ↑slacking), ↑shirk (for: ↑shirking)
Hypernyms: ↑evasion, ↑escape, ↑dodging

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Goofing off — is engaging in recreation or an idle pastime while obligations of work or society are neglected. Common obligations neglected in the course of goofing off include schoolwork, paid employment, social courtesies and the expectations of… …   Wikipedia

  • off guard — Synonyms and related words: asleep, culpably negligent, derelict, goofing off, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, laissez faire, lax, loose, napping, neglectful, neglecting, negligent, nodding, noninterfering, nonrestrictive, overly permissive …   Moby Thesaurus

  • goof off — ˌgoof ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they goof off he/she/it goofs off present participle goofing off …   Useful english dictionary

  • goof off — {v.}, {slang} To loaf or be lazy; not want to work or be serious; fool around. * /Tow didn t get promoted because he goofed off all the time and never did his homework./ * /If you goof off on the job too much, you ll be fired./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • goof off — {v.}, {slang} To loaf or be lazy; not want to work or be serious; fool around. * /Tow didn t get promoted because he goofed off all the time and never did his homework./ * /If you goof off on the job too much, you ll be fired./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • goof off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms goof off : present tense I/you/we/they goof off he/she/it goofs off present participle goofing off past tense goofed off past participle goofed off American informal to waste time when you should be working …   English dictionary

  • goof off — verb To dawdle; to engage in idle activity or inactivity. He sat there goofing off all day instead of working …   Wiktionary

  • goof off — play, fool around, horse around    We were goofing off in the hall before class joking and stuff …   English idioms

  • goof off — fool around, not work or be serious He has been goofing off all afternoon and has not got any work done …   Idioms and examples

  • goof off — to avoid work. She spent most of the school day goofing off with her friends …   New idioms dictionary

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