woof
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views updated May 11 2018woof1 / woŏf/ •
n. the barking sound made by a dog.•
v. [intr.] (of a dog) bark: the dog started to woof. ∎ black slang say something in an ostentatious or aggressive manner but with no intention to act: King start woofing to keep folks off our case. Just woofing. Just talk.woof2 •
n. another term for weft.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
woof
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views updated Jun 27 2018woof1 threads crossing the web at right angles to the warp OE.; woven fabric XVII. OE.
ōwef, alt. of
ōwebb (see
WEB) after
wefan WEAVE; ME.
oof became
woof partly by assoc. in the phr.
warp and (w)oof.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
woof
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views updated May 14 2018woof2 imit. of a dog's low gruff bark. XIX.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
