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Coof vs Loof - What's the difference?

coof | loof |

As nouns the difference between coof and loof

is that coof is an idiot, or fool while loof is the palm of the hand.

coof

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Scotland) An idiot, or fool.
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 212:
  • *:"Georgie Gleg is odious to me. He always has been. For all his good heart he's a coof and a simp."
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    loof

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lufe, . Related to (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The palm of the hand.
  • (anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical, obsolete) A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
  • (nautical) The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (-)
  • The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca ).
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