goof up

verb

To make a mistake.

“I tried to fix it, but I think I just goofed it up some more.”

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Meanings

verbgoof up (third-person singular simple present goofs up, present participle goofing up, simple past and past participle goofed up)

present singular third person goofs up · participle present goofing up · participle past goofed up · past goofed up

  1. slangTo make a mistake.

    If I go near a skateboard, I'm sure I'm just going to goof up and fall off.

    Synonyms: cock up, foul up, fuck up, screw up, balls up, bollocks up, bugger up cock up, mess up

  2. slangtransitiveTo introduce problems to or damage through incompetence.

    I tried to fix it, but I think I just goofed it up some more.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make a mistake.

Similar
cock upfoul upfuck upscrew upballs upbollocks upbugger up cock upmess up
Also see
fuck upmake a mistakemisdomuck upscrew up

Translations

French gaffer, gâcher
  • gafferto make a mistake
  • gâcherto make a mistake
German vermurksen, verpfuschen
  • vermurksento make a mistake
  • verpfuschento make a mistake
Swedish tabba sig, dabba sig
  • tabba sigto make a mistake
  • dabba sigto make a mistake
  • klanta sigto make a mistake
Cite this entry
APA

goof up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goof%20up

MLA

“goof up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goof%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goof up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goof%20up.

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