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oof

interjectionnomnomcourant dans les dialogues

  • Royaume-Uni//uːf//
  • Royaume-Uni//ʊf//
  • États-Unis//uf//

A sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.

interjection

  1. 1

    A sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.

    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.

  2. 2

    argotSynonym of ouch (“expressing sympathy at another's pain, shock at a high price, etc.”).

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

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

Étymologie

Onomatopoeic, compare Dutch oef and German uff.

nom

  1. 1

    A sound made in pain, as when expelling air after being struck.

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

  2. 2

    Something cringeworthy, or which arouses disappointment; often used in conjunction with the qualifier big.

    That is a mega oof.

    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.

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

nom

  1. 1

    vieilliMoney.

    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.

    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.

    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.

Étymologie

Clipping of ooftish.

Formes

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oofs
Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

Rang parmi les mots du corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — des sous-titres de films et de séries, donc de la langue parlée et non écrite (CC BY-SA 3.0).