intj
Meaning 1
Imitating an electronic drum sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oontz
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
doof
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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Australian: /dʊf/
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rhymes with -ʊf
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/duːf/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -uːf
noun
Meaning 2
A simpleton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
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noun
Meaning 3
A type of music with pronounced bass, typically associated with the modified car scene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
An outdoor dance party, held in bushland in a remote area or on the outskirts of a city.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
Examples
- 2007, Australian National University Dept of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Aboriginal History, Volume 31, page 76, The bush doof is a unique product of post-rave culture and is particularly suited to the expansive Australian landscape.
Meaning relationships
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History
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, from the sound of an electronic bass drum.
From doofus, or alternatively from Scots, which uses the word with the same meaning. Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf”).