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Answer for the clue "Silly error ", 4 letters:
goof

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Word definitions for goof in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a man who is a stupid incompetent fool [syn: fathead , goofball , bozo , jackass , goose , cuckoo , twat , zany ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1916, American English, "stupid person," perhaps a variant of English dialect goff "foolish clown" (1869), from 16c. goffe , probably from Middle French goffe "awkward, stupid," of uncertain origin. Or English goffe may be from Middle English goffen "speak ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context US English) A mistake or error, 2 # (context US cinematography English) An error made during production which finds its way into the final release. 3 (context US English) A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball. 4 (context prison jargon ...

Usage examples of goof.

One normal man has finally turned up among the idiots, of whom the first is that giftless goof Sashka!

My test readers Morgan Hawke, Virginia Ettel, Martha Punches, Linda Kusiolek, and Katherine Lazo helped me track down and kill many other goofs.

I enjoyed very goof sport on the road, arriving at the stead laden with one pauw, two koran, and a little klipspringer buck which I had been lucky enough to shoot as it bounded out of some rocks in front of me.

Wendy could see that he was goofing on the self-images he was realtime mixing into the ceaseless global interactive multiuser stunglasses Show.

He felt that he had a lot in common with the kid flying an F-18, which was why he took it especially hard when he read about the uptick in accidents, and worse, how all those high-trained men and women were suddenly making goofs while sitting inside their flight simulators.

NYC where he was traveling with a character known to the Brooklyn police as Blubber Wilson, who hustled his goof ball money shaking down fetishists in shoe stores.

At least, if you goofed, it turned out he was standing right behind you.

And Father would never have goofed in Basic the way I hadno lashes for him.

Between you and me and the circular file, I believe the Testing Section goofed dramatically when they pegged this race for a mere Stage D, back in the beginning.

Either they were going somewhere fast or they were just goofing, hanging, drinking coffee.

I've got an awfully light caseload this week, and if I don't put in some time with you, my boss is going to think I've been goofing off.

The day I goofed I had simulated sergeant's chevrons as a simulated section leader and was armed with simulated A-bomb rockets to use in simulated darkness against a simulated enemy.

How about if you come by at 1200 hours tomorrow, we'll have lunch at the club, and we can have a laugh at the expense of whatever chucklehead goofed.

Each photo, however, is pre-selected to convey a different aspect of the PUA's personality, such as images of the PUA with beautiful women, with children, with pets, with celebrities, goofing off with friends, and doing something active like roller-blading or skydiving.

I’d bet Bondurant Altoona and his cronies were feeling pretty cocky about their chances of replacing The Call as the flagship goof troop.