oof

[ oof ]

/ uf /

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interjection

(an exclamation used to sympathize with someone else’s pain or dismay, or to express one’s own): Oof, that conversation must’ve been so awkward and hurtful!Oof, I've got tons of schoolwork to do this week.

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Sometimes ooof .

Origin of oof

First recorded in 1770–80; imitative

Words nearby oof

ooblast, oocyst, oocyte, O.O.D., oodles, oof, oogamete, oogamy, OO gauge, oogenesis, oogonium

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How to use oof in a sentence

But really, these heroes of hilarity past put the oof in “spoof.”
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Oof you hatn't done vat you dit, I bed you somet'ing der modor-car vould haf peen a lot oof junk.
Motor Matt's Mystery|Stanley R. Matthews
Py shiminy grickets, oof you hit me mit a flad-iron I vill mad be as some hornets.
Motor Matt's Mystery|Stanley R. Matthews
Oof you don'd, py shiminy, somet'ing is going to take blace vat is nod on der pills.
Motor Matt's Mystery|Stanley R. Matthews

I like pooty goot to see dot kind oof luck hit Pringle, afder vat he dit py me.
Motor Matt's Mystery|Stanley R. Matthews
Oof you tell der deputy sheriff, und make some misdakes, den you lose your chob, und ve bot' lose a shance to ged to Tenver.
Motor Matt's Mystery|Stanley R. Matthews

British Dictionary definitions for oof

oof

/ (uːf) /

noun

slang money

Derived forms of oof

oofy, adjective

Word Origin for oof

C19: from Yiddish ooftisch, from German auf dem Tische on the table (referring to gambling stakes)

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