To goof around is to mess about, waste time pleasantly, or generally act silly without any serious purpose. It's the kind of thing you do on a lazy Saturday afternoon — messing with your friends, trying dumb challenges, laughing at nothing in particular. There's no agenda when you're goofing around, and that's exactly the appeal. The term captures that carefree, unproductive energy perfectly. Common in American English and widely understood across most English-speaking cultures.
We didn't have any plans, so we just goofed around at the skate park all afternoon.
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(slang) To fool around.
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