Hoof vs Doof - What's the difference?
hoof | doof |
The tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering.
(slang) The human foot.
(geometry, dated) An ungula.
To trample with hooves.
(colloquial) To walk.
(informal) To dance, especially as a professional.
(colloquial, football, transitive) to kick, especially to kick the football a long way downfield with little accuracy.
(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 hoof and doof
is that hoof is the tip of a toe of an ungulate such as a horse, ox or deer, strengthened by a thick keratin covering while doof is a simpleton.As a verb hoof
is to trample with hooves.hoof
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(en-noun)Verb
(en verb)Synonyms
* (to kick)doof
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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.