goofing off

1. 1.

   the evasion of work or duty

   Synonymsshirkingslackingsoldieringgoldbricking

   Broaderevasion

Questions about goofing off

What does goofing off mean?

goofing off means "the evasion of work or duty".

What is another word for goofing off?

Close synonyms include shirking, slacking, soldiering, goldbricking. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is goofing off a common word?

goofing off is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.