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==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/uːf/|/ʊf/|a=RP}}
* {{enPR|ūf|a=GA}}, {{IPA|en|/uf/}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-oof.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|uːf|ʊf|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
An onomatopoeia. Similar to {{cog|nl|oef}} and {{cog|de|uff}}.

====Interjection====
{{en-interj}}

# {{lb|en|onomatopoeia}} {{n-g|A sound [[mimicking]] the loss of air, as if someone's [[solar plexus]] had just been struck.}}
#* {{quote-journal|1=en|date=5 Jun 1989|journal=The Canberra Times|location=Australia Captial Territory|page=10|column=2|text=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.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} {{synonym of|en|ouch||expressing sympathy at another's pain, shock at a high price, etc.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2017|title=Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
|passage="'''Oof''', you just lost a lot of progress. That's a real frustration, a real punch in the gut."}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A sound made in pain, as when [[expel]]ling air after being struck.
#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1966|author=James Workman|title=The Mad Emperor|publisher=Scripts|location=Melbourne, Sydney|page=33|passage=The soldier on the ground clutched his head and then his stomach and gave an "'''oof'''" of pain.}}
# {{lb|en|Internet}} Something [[cringeworthy]], or which arouses [[disappointment]], often used in conjunction with the qualifier ''[[big]]''.
#* {{quote-web|1=en|date=27 July 2022|author=Eleni Thomas|title=Roblox is removing iconic “oof” sound after copyright issues|work=Dexerto|url=https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/roblox-removing-iconic-oof-sound-copyright-issues-1884500/|text=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'''.}}
#* {{quote-web|1=en|date=22 September 2022|author=Vinepair Staff|title=The Cocktail College Podcast: How to Make the Perfect El Diablo|work=The Cocktail College Podcast|url=https://vinepair.com/cocktail-college/el-diablo/|text=That actually hits me home because I used to drink tequila sunrises when I first started drinking. So that’s an '''oof'''.}}

===Etymology 2===
{{clipping|en|ooftish}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# {{lb|en|UK|slang|dated}} Money. {{defdate|''c.'' 1850 – ''c.'' 1940}}
#* '''1888''', [[w:H. Rider Haggard|H. Rider Haggard]], ''Colonel Quaritch V.C.'' ([http://www.archive.org/details/colonelquaritchv02hagg 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)<br>“Rather,” answered the Tiger, “if only one can make the dollars run, but he's a nasty mean boy, he is.
#* {{quote-song|en|year=1900|author=Harry B. Norris|title=Burlington Bertie
|passage=Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay<br>He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way<br>He spends the good '''oof''' that his pater has made<br>Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.}}
#* '''1911–1912''', published 1916, [[w:Sir Gilbert Parker, 1st Baronet|Gilbert Parker]], ''The World For Sale'', book 2, chapter 10 ([http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6282 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.
#* {{quote-text|en|date=May 12 1991|chapter=[[w:List of Jeeves and Wooster episodes|Kidnapped!]]|title=w:Jeeves and Wooster|section=Series 2, Episode 5
|passage=''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'''.}}

=====Synonyms=====
* See [[Thesaurus:money]]

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|feathered oof-bird||large source of money}}
* {{l|en|make the oof-bird walk||to circulate money}}
* {{l|en|oof-bag||source of money}}
* {{l|en|oof-bird||source of money}}
* {{l|en|oofless||poor}}
* {{l|en|oofy||rich}}
* {{l|en|pad the oof||to fold banknotes to appear twice as much}}

====References====
* {{R:Farmer|volume=5|page=107}}
* {{R:Lexico}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=foo|Foo|foo|foo'}}

{{C|en|Pain}}

==Hawaiian Creole==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|hwc|/uf/}}

===Verb===
{{head|hwc|verb}}

# {{lb|hwc|vulgar}} to have [[sex]]