Standard Lemma guide

oof

intj · noun · 5 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /uːf/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ʊf/
  • General-American: ūf
  • General-American: /uf/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːf
  • rhymes with -ʊf

1

intj

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: onomatopoeic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

intj

Meaning 2

Synonym of ouch (“expressing sympathy at another's pain, shock at a high price, etc.”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ouch

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A sound made in pain, as when expelling air after being struck.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Something cringeworthy, or which arouses disappointment; often used in conjunction with the qualifier big.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

Examples

  • That is a mega oof.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dated, slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ackers, bees and honey, blunt, bones, brass, bread, bread and honey, Bugs Bunny, cake, cheddar, cheese, ching, clams, coin, cream, tender, currency, dinero, dosh, dough, feds, fedi, finances, flizz, flow, funding, funds, gravy, gwop, gwolla, jack, legal tender, lolly, lovely jubbly, mazuma, means, money, moola, mozzarella, muck, oof, ooftish, paper, rhino, scratch, scrilla, shrapnel, simoleons, smackers, smackeroos, smackeroonies, spend, spondulicks, swag, wampum, wonga, yenom

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, compare Dutch oef and German uff.

Clipping of ooftish.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Spanish: uf — expressing sympathy at another's pain, shock at a high price, etc.
  • Spanish: hum — expressing sympathy at another's pain, shock at a high price, etc.
  • Spanish: huf — expressing sympathy at another's pain, shock at a high price, etc.