goof

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Perhaps from dialectal English goff (“foolish clown”), from earlier goffe, in which case further etymology is uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English goffen (“to speak in a frivolous manner”), possibly from Old English gaf, ġegaf (“base; wanton; lewd”, adjective), ġegaf (“buffoonery; scurrility”, noun), gaffetung, golfettung (“buffoonery; mockery”). Compare English dialectal gauffin (“lightheaded; foolish; giddy”), Scots gaff, gawf (“to talk loudly; babble”), Scots gaffaw (“a loud laugh”). Alternatively, perhaps from Middle French goffe (“awkward; stupid”). Compare also Spanish gofo, Italian goffo.

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: гаф (gaf) — a mistake or error
• Czech: bota — a mistake or error
• Czech: hloupá chyba — a mistake or error
• Estonian: viga — a mistake or error
• Finnish: moka — a mistake or error
• Finnish: virhe — a mistake or error
• Finnish: munaus — a mistake or error
• French: gaffe — a mistake or error
• Italian: sbaglio — a mistake or error
• Italian: errore — a mistake or error
• Persian: گاف (gâf) — a mistake or error
• Polish: babol — a mistake or error
• Portuguese: gafe — a mistake or error
• Russian: опло́шность (oplóšnostʹ) — a mistake or error
• Russian: оши́бка (ošíbka) — a mistake or error
• Swedish: misstag — a mistake or error
• Swedish: fel — a mistake or error
• Swedish: tabbe — a mistake or error
• French: coquille — an error made during production which finds its way into the final release
• Portuguese: falha — an error made during production which finds its way into the final release
• Bulgarian: глупак (glupak) — a foolish person
• Czech: blbec — a foolish person
• Czech: pitomec — a foolish person
• Danish: tumpe — a foolish person
• Finnish: tollo — a foolish person
• Finnish: hölmö — a foolish person
• French: boulet — a foolish person
• Italian: tonto — a foolish person
• Italian: fuori di testa — a foolish person
• Polish: bęcwał — a foolish person
• Portuguese: bobo — a foolish person
• Portuguese: tonto — a foolish person
• Russian: дура́к (durák) — a foolish person
• Russian: ду́рень (dúrenʹ) — a foolish person
• Russian: болва́н (bolván) — a foolish person
• Russian: остоло́п (ostolóp) — a foolish person
• Russian: тупи́ца (tupíca) — a foolish person
• Russian: крети́н (kretín) — a foolish person
• Russian: лох (lox) — a foolish person
• Swedish: dummerjöns — a foolish person
• Swedish: dummer — a foolish person
• Swedish: jöns — a foolish person
• Swedish: dumbom — a foolish person
• Swedish: dumskalle — a foolish person
• Swedish: fårskalle — a foolish person
• Swedish: ärthjärna — a foolish person
• Swedish: nöt — a foolish person
• Swedish: träskalle — a foolish person
• Swedish: pappskalle — a foolish person
• Swedish: dumsnut — a foolish person
• Swedish: knäppskalle — a foolish person
• Swedish: tok — a foolish person
• Swedish: dåre — a foolish person
• Swedish: stolle — a foolish person
• Swedish: knasboll — a foolish person
• Swedish: knäppgök — a foolish person
• Swedish: tjockskalle — a foolish person
• Swedish: trindskalle — a foolish person
• Swedish: blådåre — a foolish person
• Swedish: pucko — a foolish person
• Russian: растли́тель (rastlítelʹ) — child molester
• Russian: растли́тельница (rastlítelʹnica) — child molester
• Russian: педофи́л (pedofíl) — child molester
• Swedish: peddo — child molester
• Bulgarian: обърквам (obǎrkvam) — to make a mistake
• Bulgarian: оплесквам (opleskvam) — to make a mistake
• Czech: udělat botu — to make a mistake
• Finnish: mokata — to make a mistake
• Finnish: möhliä — to make a mistake
• Finnish: tyriä — to make a mistake
• Finnish: töpätä — to make a mistake
• German: fehlen — to make a mistake
• Italian: sbagliare — to make a mistake
• Italian: errare — to make a mistake
• Latin: erro — to make a mistake
• Russian: опростоволо́ситься (oprostovolósitʹsja) — to make a mistake
• Russian: попада́ть впроса́к (popadátʹ vprosák) — to make a mistake
• Russian: попа́сть впроса́к (popástʹ vprosák) — to make a mistake
• Swedish: göra en tabbe — to make a mistake
• Swedish: tabba — to make a mistake
• Finnish: jekkuilla — to engage in mischief
• Finnish: keppostella — to engage in mischief
• Finnish: metkuilla — to engage in mischief
• Finnish: kolttostella — to engage in mischief
• Italian: prendere una cantonata — to engage in mischief