Usually means: Waste time; avoid serious activity.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word Goof Off:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. goof-off: Merriam-Webster
  2. goof-off, 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: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. goof-off, goof off: Wiktionary
  8. goof-off: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. goof-off: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. goof-off: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. goof-off, goof off: Dictionary.com
  12. goof-off: Rhymezone
  13. goof off: Phrasal Verb Page
  14. goof-off, goof off: FreeDictionary.org
  15. goof-off: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. goof-off, goof off: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. goof off: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  18. goof off: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. goof off: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. goof off: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. goof-off, goof off: ESL Slang page
  3. goof off: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (goof off)

verb:  (US, Australia, slang) To dawdle, lollygag; to waste time aimlessly or engage in idle activity or inactivity.
verb:  (US, dated, slang) To make a mistake.
verb:  (US, dated, slang) To fall asleep or pass out on drugs.

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