Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun goofing_off
1 sense of goofing off
Sense 1
shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking -- (the evasion of work or duty)
=> evasion, escape, dodging -- (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive")