Usually means: Wasting time; avoiding serious work.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word goof-off:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. goof-off: Merriam-Webster
  2. goof-off: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. goof-off: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. goof-off: Vocabulary.com
  5. goof-off: Wordnik
  6. goof-off: Wiktionary
  7. goof-off: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. goof-off: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. goof-off: Dictionary.com
  10. goof-off: Rhymezone
  11. goof-off: FreeDictionary.org
  12. goof-off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. goof-off: TheFreeDictionary.com
  14. goof-off: Infoplease Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. goof-off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. goof-off: ESL Slang page

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Definitions from Wiktionary (goof-off)

▸ noun:  (US, informal) An idle or work-shy person; a shirker.

Similar:
goldbrick, good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, goofoff, goof, shirker, goofer, screw-off, goofballery, goofball, more...

Opposite:
diligent, hardworking, productive, responsible

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Similar:
goldbrick, good-for-nothing, good-for-naught, goofoff, goof, shirker, goofer, screw-off, goofballery, goofball, more...

Opposite:
diligent, hardworking, productive, responsible



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