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Fool vs Doof - What's the difference?

fool | doof |

As nouns the difference between fool and doof

is that fool is (pejorative) a person with poor judgment or little intelligence while doof is (us|slang) a simpleton or doof can be (australia|slang) a type of music with pronounced bass typically associated with the modified car scene; doof-doof.

As a verb fool

is to trick; to make a fool of someone.

fool

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
    • You were a fool to cross that busy road without looking.
    The village fool threw his own shoes down the well.
  • * Franklin
    • Experience keeps a dear school, but fools' will learn in no ' other .
  • (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
  • (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
  • * Milton
    • Can they think me their fool or jester?
  • * 1975 , , "Fool for the City" (song), Fool for the City (album):
    • I'm a fool for the city.
  • (cooking) A type of dessert made of d fruit and custard or cream.
    • an apricot fool'''; a gooseberry '''fool
  • A particular card in a tarot deck.

    • Synonyms

    * (person with poor judgment) See also * (person who entertained a sovereign) jester, joker * (person who talks a lot of nonsense) gobshite

    Verb

  • To trick; to make a fool of someone.
  • To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle sport or mirth.
  • * Dryden
    • Is this a time for fooling ?

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * befool * fool about * fool around * foolhardy * foolish * foolishness * foolometer * fool's errand * fool's gold * fool's paradise * foolproof * more fool you * play the fool * suffer fools gladly * there's no fool like an old fool

    References

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    doof

    English

    Etymology 1

    From dufus

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, slang) A simpleton.

    • Etymology 2

    Onomatopoeic, from the sound of a bass drum.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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 , page 138,
    • Dynamics of play and creativity are a prominent catalyst of social relations at both doofs and raves.
  • * 2006 , Christopher Hugh Partridge, The Re-Enchantment of the West: Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture , Volume 2, page 110,
    • Similar themes emerged in the ‘doofs ’ of Australian rave culture.
  • * 2007 , Australian National University Dept of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Aboriginal History , Volume 31, page 76,
    • The bush doof is a unique product of post-rave culture and is particularly suited to the expansive Australian landscape.
    Derived terms
    * doof-doof
    See also
    * (wikipedia "doof")

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