Oar vs Oaf - What's the difference?
oar | oaf |
An implement used to propel a boat or a ship in the water, having a flat blade at one end, being rowed from the other end and being normally fastened to the vessel.
An oarsman; a rower.
(zoology) An oar-like swimming organ of various invertebrates.
To row; to propel with oars.
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(obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.
(pejorative) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton; an idiot.
As nouns the difference between oar and oaf
is that oar is while oaf is (obsolete) an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.oar
English
(wikipedia oar)Noun
(en noun)- He is a good oar .
Synonyms
* (implement used to propel a boat) paddleDerived terms
* stick one's oar inVerb
(en verb)- Turning the long tables upside down — and there were twelve of them — they seated themselves, one behind another, within the upturned table tops as though they were boats and were about to oar their way into some fabulous ocean.
Anagrams
* * * ----oaf
English
Alternative forms
* aufNoun
(en noun)- Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf !