woof
1 Americaninterjection
noun
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the crosswise yarns that fill the warp yarns in weaving; weft
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a woven fabric or its texture
interjection
verb
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of woof
before 900; Middle English oof, owf, Old English ōwef, āwef (compare gewef ), equivalent to ō-, ā- a- 3 + wef (akin to web ); modern w- from weft, warp, weave, etc.
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Rehse is taking longer to throw the ball than Chewie would like, and Chewie barks a single, loud woof to demonstrate her frustration.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
There are income caps, sticker price requirements, battery and supply chain limitations, different phases in which the old credits will still work but new requirements apply.... woof.
From The Verge ● Aug. 17, 2022
But he began waking up in the middle of the night for weeks anyway, drenched in sweat and plagued by regret over selling all of his woof holdings right before the token tripled in value.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2022
"Parentese" is a way of talking that is more interesting to young children, such as calling a dog a "woof".
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2022
I swallow the pain and woof, “You’d do that?”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
They are also digging into whether AI could correctly identify a dog's age, gender and breed based on what it woofs.
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024
A volley of voices and claps and echoing woofs rang through the banquet room.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
Three woofs to Michael Gerson’s July 5 op-ed, “Why I will never live without a dog again,” for illuminating the power of the dog: affection, unconditional love and joy.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2022
There were the recruits being called up to the quarterdeck, push-upping or crunching to untold woofs from the mad hats.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2018
For although these ahwoos, woofs, and yaps were indisputably of a barking, howling nature—and sounded as if they were just outside the room, in fact— they were certainly not being uttered by the Incorrigibles.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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