Dook vs Doof - What's the difference?
dook | doof |
(dialect) duck
* 1835 , James Baillie Fraser, The Highland smugglers, Volume 2
(Australia, slang) A type of music with pronounced bass typically associated with the modified car scene; doof-doof.
(Australia) An outdoor dance party, held in bushland in a remote area or on the outskirts of a city.
* 2004 , Graham St John (editor), Rave Culture and Religion ,
* 2006 , Christopher Hugh Partridge, The Re-Enchantment of the West: Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture , Volume 2,
* 2007 , Australian National University Dept of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Aboriginal History , Volume 31,
As nouns the difference between dook and doof
is that dook is a strong, untwilled linen or cotton while doof is a simpleton.As a verb dook
is to make a certain clucking sound.dook
English
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.Etymology 2
(duck)Verb
(en verb)- But anger is a blin' guide — he dooked from the first blow, an' it passed wi' little ill; an' he raised his drawn sword, an' made a wild cut at my head...
Etymology 3
From (etyl) . See also (l) (cloth).Alternative forms
* (l)Derived terms
* (l) * (l) ----doof
English
Etymology 1
From dufusEtymology 2
Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a bass drum.Noun
(en noun)page 138,
- Dynamics of play and creativity are a prominent catalyst of social relations at both doofs and raves.
page 110,
- Similar themes emerged in the ‘doofs ’ of Australian rave culture.
page 76,
- The bush doof is a unique product of post-rave culture and is particularly suited to the expansive Australian landscape.
