oaf
noun
a clumsy, stupid person; lout.
oafs
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pluralof oaf.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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What they were doing with these oafs, I do not know, but it was astonishing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
She scrutinized the vicissitudes of the New York City Ballet as well as the feats of the ballroom-dancing pros and celebrity oafs of the popular TV series, “Dancing With the Stars.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2024
They’re confirmed oafs who, like their father, love saying the quiet part out loud, and who make themselves into fools jockeying for his attention.
From The Verge ● Aug. 14, 2018
It’s tempting to ascribe the IOC’s decision-making process here to rank incompetence, and to imagine the IOC as a group of hapless oafs who bumbled their way into the “Olympic Athletes from Russia” moniker.
From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2018
"Because these child kings and drunken oafs can call other strong men, with other swords."
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
