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Definition of 'oof'English
Etymology 1
(onomatopoeia)
Interjection
( en-interj)
A sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.
Etymology 2
From (ooftish) or possibly connected with (etyl)
Noun
( -)
Money.
* 1888 , , Colonel Quaritch V.C. ( archive.org ebook ), page 232:
- “Oh,” Johnnie was saying, “so Quest is his name, is it, and he lives in a city called Boisingham, does he? Is he an oof bird?” (rich)
“Rather,” answered the Tiger, “if only one can make the dollars run, but he's a nasty mean boy, he is.
* 1911–1912 , published 1916, , The World For Sale , book 2, chapter 10 ( Gutenberg ebook], [http://www.archive.org/details/worldforsaleano00parkgoog archive.org ebook ):
- What's he after? Oof—oof—oof , that's what he's after. He's for his own pocket, he's for being boss of all the woolly West. He's after keeping us poor and making himself rich.
Derived terms
* oof-bird
* oofless
* oofy
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