goofed
Slipped up badly
Goofed is the past tense of goof, meaning to make a mistake or blunder: I goofed and sent the email to the wrong person.
The error is usually minor or careless rather than serious.
To have goofed off is to have wasted time or avoided work: We goofed off all afternoon instead of studying.
Poorly executed, spoiled
- fumbledHandled awkwardly, dropped
- bungledPerformed ineptly, failed
- flubbedMade an error
- mishandledManaged incompetently
mismanaged · erred · misjudged · miscalculated · stumbled · faltered · slipped · tripped
botched
Poorly executed, spoiled
mishandled · mismanaged · erred · misjudged · miscalculated · stumbled · faltered · slipped · tripped · lapsed
joked
Spoke in humor
- fooledLed to believe falsely
- horsed aroundEngaged in rowdy play
- muggedRobbed with force
hammed · larked · pranked · jested · wisecracked · bantered · kidded · teased · cavorted · frolicked
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- botchedbotched, bungled, messed up, screwed up, fouled up
- off targetoff target, off-target, off the mark, wide of the mark, wide
goofedsucceeded
Achieved desired outcome
nailed it · got it right · delivered · triumphed · hit the mark
- goofing offIdling instead of working
- goofing aroundEngaging in silly behavior
- goof offIdle instead of working
- goof aroundBehave in silly ways
- goofed offIdled instead of working
- goof upMake a foolish mistake
goof, goofy, goofing, goofs, goof-off, goofball, goofballs, goofiness