Standard Lemma guide

boof

intj · noun · verb · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /buːf/
  • Australian: [bʉːf]
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

intj

Meaning 1

The sound of a blow or collision; wham.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

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2

intj

Meaning 2

A dog's low, deep bark.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A “jump” over hydraulic backwash in a high-gradient mountain river, an action analogous to a skier jumping a cliff.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: kayaking; rafting; kayaking; rafting

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Extra volume of the hair, not necessarily desired; the quality of being bouffant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

A kind of strong cannabis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

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6

verb

Meaning 6

To make this sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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7

verb

Meaning 7

To make a boof jump when whitewater kayaking, rafting, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: kayaking; rafting; kayaking; rafting

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verb

Meaning 8

To surface quickly and catch prey by gulping, a behaviour which produces an audible sound.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Qualifier: especially barramundi

Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle

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9

verb

Meaning 9

To have anal sex with someone, usually as the penetrative partner (possibly with negative connotations).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

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10

verb

Meaning 10

To conceal (a prohibited item) in one's rectum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

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verb

Meaning 11

To consume (drugs) rectally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

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verb

Meaning 12

To consume (drugs) rectally.

To consume (drugs) in any fashion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, slang, transitive

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13

verb

Meaning 13

To get something wrong or make a mistake.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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verb

Meaning 14

To puff out in a voluminous way.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Imitative. Kayaking sense from the onomatopoeic sound a kayak makes when it lands on the water after “ski jumping” the waterfall forming the backwash; generally attributed to whitewater kayaking aficionados in the eastern United States in the mid- to late 1970s.

Spelling variant of bouffe.

Related to boff.