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Oof vs Loof - What's the difference?

oof | loof |

As nouns the difference between oof and loof

is that oof is money while loof is (anatomy|now|chiefly|dialectal|northern england|scotland) the palm of the hand or loof can be (nautical|obsolete) a contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship or loof can be the spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (luffa aegyptiaca ).

As an interjection oof

is a sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.

oof

English

Etymology 1

(onomatopoeia)

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • A sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.
  • Etymology 2

    From (ooftish) or possibly connected with (etyl)

    Noun

    (-)
  • Money.
  • * 1888 , , Colonel Quaritch V.C. ( 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.
  • * 1911–1912 , published 1916, , The World For Sale , book 2, chapter 10 ( 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 * oofy

    Anagrams

    * foo English onomatopoeias

    loof

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lufe, . Related to (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The palm of the hand.
  • (anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , ultimately from the same origin as Etymology 1.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical, obsolete) A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
  • (nautical) The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.
  • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (-)
  • The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca ).
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