Oof vs Goof - What's the difference?
oof | goof |
A sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.
Money.
* 1888 , , Colonel Quaritch V.C. (
* 1911–1912 , published 1916, , The World For Sale , book 2, chapter 10 (
(US) A mistake or error,
# (US, cinematography) An error made during production which finds its way into the final release.
(US) A foolish and/or silly person; a goofball.
A child molester.
(US) To make a mistake.
(US) To engage in mischief.
As nouns the difference between oof and goof
is that oof is money while goof is (us) a mistake or error,.As an interjection oof
is a sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.As a verb goof is
(us) to make a mistake.oof
English
Etymology 1
(onomatopoeia)Interjection
(en interjection)Etymology 2
From (ooftish) or possibly connected with (etyl)Noun
(-)archive.org ebook), page 232:
- “Oh,” Johnnie was saying, “so Quest is his name, is it, and he lives in a city called Boisingham, does he? Is he an oof bird?” (rich)
“Rather,” answered the Tiger, “if only one can make the dollars run, but he's a nasty mean boy, he is.
Gutenberg ebook], [http://www.archive.org/details/worldforsaleano00parkgoog archive.org ebook):
- What's he after? Oof—oof—oof , that's what he's after. He's for his own pocket, he's for being boss of all the woolly West. He's after keeping us poor and making himself rich.
Derived terms
* oof-bird * oofless * oofyAnagrams
* foo English onomatopoeiasgoof
English
Noun
(en noun)- I made a goof in that last calculation.
- Your little brother is a total goof .
Synonyms
* (error) blooper, boo-boo, error, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko * See alsoVerb
(en verb)- It's my fault: I goofed.
- We were just goofing by painting the neighbors cat green.