goff

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noun

A fool; a clown.

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goff1

noungoff (uncountable)
  1. ScotlandobsoleteuncountableObsolete form of golf (“ball game”).

    Forester soon took an aversion to the game of goff, and recollected Scotch reels with less contempt.

    1848, Maria Edgeworth, The Gardener

goff2

noungoff (plural goffs)

plural goffs

  1. obsoleteA fool; a clown.

    He calls the bishop Grey-beard Goff, And makes his power a mere scoff.

    1678, “The Geneva Ballad”

goff3

noungoff (plural goffs)

plural goffs

  1. businessSynonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).

    Synonyms: bump

Goff4

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A minor city in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).

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Origin

goff · noun

Compare French goffe (“ill-made, awkward”), Italian goffo, Spanish gofo, German dialect Goff (“a blockhead”).

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Goff · proper noun

* As a Welsh surname, related to Gough. * As an English surname of Cornish and Breton origin, from gov (“smith”). * As an Irish surname, reduced from McGoff, from McGough.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with goff

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Cite this entry
APA

goff. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goff

MLA

“goff.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goff. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goff,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goff.

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