oof

American  

[oof] / uf /

Sometimes ooof

interjection

1. (an exclamation used to sympathize with someone else’s pain or dismay, or to express one’s own): Oof, I've got tons of schoolwork to do this week.

   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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oof British  

/ uːf /

noun

1. slang money

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Other Word Forms

• oofy adjective

Etymology

Origin of oof

First recorded in 1770–80; imitative

Example Sentences

He moves, he says, “with an oof in each step.”

From The Wall Street Journal

I think I’m safe until Autumn crashes into me with an “Oof!”

From Literature

“Stay back, I say! For these children are my pupils, and you shall not harm them—oof!”

From Literature

"If I'm sat on a bench or I'm sat in the crowd, or I'm watching football on the TV - oof. I hear all the fans, I hear all the cheers, I hear all the clapping," she says.

From BBC

So it’s only now that I’m starting to be like, “Oof, it’s an intense job for a mom, for sure.”

From Los Angeles Times