woof

See also: WOOF

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /wʊf/, /wuːf/, enPR: wo͝of

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• Rhymes: -ʊf, -uːf

Etymology 1

From Middle English oof, owf, from Old English ōwef, āwef, from ō- (“on”) +‎ wef (“web”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-, *wobʰ- (“to weave, to lace together”).

Noun

woof (plural woofs)

1. The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft.
2. A fabric; the texture of a fabric.
   • 1803, Erasmus Darwin, The Temple of Nature‎^[1], The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:

     O'er her fine waist the purfled woof descends;

Synonyms

• (crosswise thread or yarn): weft

Translations

set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom

• Albanian: liq (sq), lisë
• Armenian: թեզան (hy) (tʿezan)
• Bulgarian: вътък (bg) (vǎtǎk)
• Catalan: trama (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 緯／纬 (zh) (wěi)

• Dutch: inslag (nl) m
• Estonian: kude
• Finnish: kude (fi)
• French: trame (fr) f
• Friulian: trame f
• German: Schußfaden m
• Greek: υφάδι (el) n (yfádi)

  Ancient: πήνη f (pḗnē), κρόκη f (krókē)

• Hebrew: עֵרֶב‎ (he) m ('érev)
• Ido: wefto (io)
• Italian: trama (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پۆ‎ (ckb) (po)

• Latin: subtēmen n
• Malayalam: പാവ് (ml) (pāvŭ)
• Maori: aho
• Norwegian: veft m, innslag n, islett n
• Persian: پود‎ (fa) (pud)
• Polish: wątek (pl) f
• Portuguese: trama (pt) f
• Russian: уто́к (ru) m (utók)
• Sanskrit: प्रोत (sa) (prota)
• Serbo-Croatian: потка f, potka (sh) f
• Spanish: trama (es) f
• Swedish: väft (sv)
• Thai: เส้นด้ายทางขวาง (sên dâai taang-kwăang)
• Venetian: trama f

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Noun

woof (plural woofs)

1. The sound a dog makes when barking.

Coordinate terms

• (sound of a dog): arf, bark, bow wow, growl, howl, snarl, whimper, whine, yap, yelp, yip, borf

Translations

sound of a dog

• Afrikaans: woef
• Arabic: هَو هَو‎ (haw haw)
• Assamese: ভৌ ভৌ (bhou bhou)
• Basque: au-au (generic), txau-txau (small dog), zaunk-zaunk (large dog)
• Bulgarian: дрезгав лай m (drezgav laj)
• Catalan: bof, buf (ca), bub
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 汪汪 (zh) (wāngwāng)

  Cantonese: 㕵㕵 (wou¹ wou¹)

• Czech: haf (cs)
• Danish: vov (da), vuf
• Dutch: waf (nl), woef (nl)
• Esperanto: boj (eo)
• Estonian: auh (et)
• Faroese: voff
• Finnish: hau (fi), vuh
• French: ouaf (fr), oua-oua (fr)
• Galician: boubou
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: wau (de), wuff, rawau
• Greek: γαβ (el) (gav)
• Hebrew: הָאוּ‎ (hau), הַב‎ (hav)
• Hungarian: vau (hu)
• Iban: kaung-kaung
• Icelandic: voff
• Indonesian: guk guk
• Italian: bau bau
• Japanese: ワン (ja) (wan)
• Khmer: វ៉េសវ៉ូស (km) (veeh), ហ៊ (km) (hɔɔ) (of a large dog)
• Korean: 멍멍 (ko) (meongmeong)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: ав-ав (av-av)
• Malay: gonggong (ms), kung-kung
• Mongolian: хав хав (xav xav)
• Norwegian: voff (no), vov (no)
• Polish: hau (pl)
• Portuguese: ão-ão (European), au-au (pt) (Brazilian)
• Romanian: ham-ham
• Russian: гав-гав (gav-gav)
• Spanish: guau (es) m
• Swedish: vov (sv), voff (sv)
• Thai: โฮ่ง (th) (hôong), โฮ่ง ๆ (th), โฮ้ง (th) (hóong), โฮ้ง ๆ (th)
• Turkish: hav (tr)
• Vietnamese: gâu gâu (vi)

Interjection

woof

1. The sound of a dog barking.
2. (humorous) Expression of strong physical attraction for someone.
   • 2015, Remmy Duchene, Love Me Harder‎^[2], Loose Id, →ISBN, page 32:

     I see a hardworking man, with a smile that lights up a room—very sexy—woof!

Verb

woof (third-person singular simple present woofs, present participle woofing, simple past and past participle woofed)

1. To make a woof sound.
2. (transitive) To devour; to gobble; to eat (something) voraciously.

Derived terms

• woofer
• woof one's cookies

Translations

to make the sound of a dog

• Catalan: bordar (ca)
• Estonian: auh (et)
• Finnish: haukahtaa (fi), haukkua (fi)
• French: aboyer (fr)
• Greek: γαβγίζω (el) (gavgízo)
• Icelandic: voffa
• Indonesian: menyalak (id)
• Italian: abbaiare (it), latrare (it)
• Japanese: ウーとうなる (ū to unaru)
• Malay: menyalak
• Portuguese: latir (pt)
• Romanian: lătra (ro)
• Russian: ла́ять (ru) (lájatʹ)
• Sanskrit: बुक्कति (sa) (bukkati)

Etymology 3

Noun

woof

1. (agriculture) Initialism of work on an organic farm.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -oːf

Verb

woof

1. singular past indicative of wuiven