oof

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /uːf/, /ʊf/
• (General American) enPR: ūf, IPA^(key): /uf/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -uːf, -ʊf

Onomatopoeic, compare Dutch oef and German uff.

oof

1. (onomatopoeia) A sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.
   • 1989 June 5, The Canberra Times, Australia Captial Territory, page 10, column 2:

     Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.

3. (slang) Synonym of ouch (“expressing sympathy at another's pain, shock at a high price, etc.”).
   • 2017, Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy:

     "Oof, you just lost a lot of progress. That's a real frustration, a real punch in the gut."

   • 2022 September 22, Vinepair Staff, “The Cocktail College Podcast: How to Make the Perfect El Diablo”, in The Cocktail College Podcast‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 February 2023:

     Oof. Well, what are the parameters with this question? Am I going to die? Is the world going to end? What’s…

oof (plural oofs)

1. A sound made in pain, as when expelling air after being struck.
   • 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 33:

     The soldier on the ground clutched his head and then his stomach and gave an "oof" of pain.

2. (Internet slang) Something cringeworthy, or which arouses disappointment; often used in conjunction with the qualifier big.

   That is a mega oof.

   • 2022 July 27, Eleni Thomas, “Roblox is removing iconic “oof” sound after copyright issues”, in Dexerto‎^[2], archived from the original on 29 September 2022:

     Fans were quick to express their disappointment at the removal of what has now become an iconic sound in the gaming space. The audio is trending on Twitter under #SaveTheOOF and Big Oof.

   • 2022 September 22, Vinepair Staff, “The Cocktail College Podcast: How to Make the Perfect El Diablo”, in The Cocktail College Podcast‎^[3], archived from the original on 17 February 2023:

     That actually hits me home because I used to drink tequila sunrises when I first started drinking. So that’s an oof.

Clipping of ooftish.

oof (uncountable)

1. (UK, slang, dated) Money. [c. 1850 – c. 1940]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:money

   • 1900, Harry B. Norris, “Burlington Bertie”:

     Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay
     He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way
     He spends the good oof that his pater has made
     Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.

   • 1911–1912, published 1916, Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale, book 2, chapter 10 (Gutenberg ebook, 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.

   • 1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:

     Chuffy: It's on a knife edge at the moment, Bertie. If he can get planning permission, old Stoker's going to take this heap off my hands in return for vast amounts of oof.

• John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1902), “oof”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume V, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 107.
• “oof”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

• Foo, foo, foo'

• IPA^(key): /uf/

oof

1. (vulgar) to have sex