Ooff vs Oof - What's the difference?
ooff | oof |
* 2013 , Thomas W. Dawson, The Mystery of the Old Gold Mine (page 208)
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 (
As interjections the difference between ooff and oof
is that ooff is while oof is a sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.As a noun oof is
money.ooff
English
Interjection
(en-intj)- Quickly he turned back, his shoes digging in, churning up the sand as he scurried along the beach. The next thing he knew—ooff —he was flat on the ground, his head slamming against the sandy surface.
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.