woof

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /wʊf/
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• rhymes with -ʊf
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• General-American: /hᵿh/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /wuːf/
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• General-American: wo͝of
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• General-American: /wʊf/
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• General-American: /wuf/
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• rhymes with -uːf
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• CMU ARPABET: W UW1 F Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The interjection and noun are onomatopoeic. Interjection etymology 2, interjection sense 2 (“used to express strong physical attraction for someone”) probably alludes to the eager barking of a dog. The verb is probably derived from the interjection and the noun. Verb etymology 2, verb sense 1.2 (“to eat (food) voraciously”) may be influenced by or, alternatively, derived from wolf (“to eat (food) voraciously, devour, gobble”).

Onomatopoeic.

The noun is derived from Middle English wof, oof, owf (“threads in a piece of woven fabric at right angles to the warp, weft, woof; also sometimes the warp; transverse filaments of a spider web”) [and other forms] (the forms beginning with w were influenced by warp and weft), from Old English ōwef, āwef, from ō-, ā- (prefix meaning ‘away; from; off; out’) + *wef (“web”) (only attested in the form gewef (“woof”); from wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban (“to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webh- (“to braid; to weave”)). The verb is derived from the noun.

From WWOOF, an acronym of World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms which is a network of national organizations that facilitate homestays on organic farms.

188 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هَوْ (haw) — the sound of a dog barking
• Azerbaijani: ham — the sound of a dog barking
• Azerbaijani: ham-ham — the sound of a dog barking
• Bulgarian: ба́у (báu) — the sound of a dog barking
• Chinese Mandarin: 汪 (wāng) — the sound of a dog barking
• Esperanto: boj — the sound of a dog barking
• Finnish: hau — the sound of a dog barking
• Finnish: vuh — the sound of a dog barking
• French: ouaf — the sound of a dog barking
• German: wau — the sound of a dog barking
• German: wuff — the sound of a dog barking
• Greek: γαβ (gav) — the sound of a dog barking
• Greek: γαυ (gaf) — the sound of a dog barking
• Greek: γαφ (gaf) — the sound of a dog barking
• Ancient Greek: βαύ (baú) — the sound of a dog barking
• Ancient Greek: βαΰ (baǘ) — the sound of a dog barking
• Italian: bau — the sound of a dog barking
• Japanese: ワンワン (wanwan) — the sound of a dog barking
• Korean: 멍멍 (meongmeong) — the sound of a dog barking
• Macedonian: ав (av) — the sound of a dog barking
• Polish: hau — the sound of a dog barking
• Portuguese: au au — the sound of a dog barking
• Romanian: ham — the sound of a dog barking
• Romanian: țah — the sound of a dog barking
• Russian: гав (gav) — the sound of a dog barking
• Spanish: guau — the sound of a dog barking
• Swedish: vov — the sound of a dog barking
• Swedish: voff — the sound of a dog barking
• Tamil: லொள் (loḷ) — the sound of a dog barking
• Turkish: hav — the sound of a dog barking
• Yiddish: האַוו (hav) — the sound of a dog barking
• Finnish: huh — expressing strong physical attraction for someone
• Romanian: mâr — expressing strong physical attraction for someone
• Albanian: liq — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Albanian: lisë — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Armenian: թեզան (tʻezan) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Belarusian: уто́к (utók) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Bulgarian: въ́тък (vǎ́tǎk) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Catalan: trama — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Chinese Mandarin: 緯 /纬 (wěi) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Chinese Mandarin: 緯紗 /纬纱 (wěishā) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Dutch: inslag — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Esperanto: teksaĵo — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Estonian: kude — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Finnish: kude — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• French: trame — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Friulian: trame — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Galician: trama — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Galician: tapume — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• German: Schussfaden — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Greek: υφάδι (yfádi) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Ancient Greek: πήνη (pḗnē) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Ancient Greek: κρόκη (krókē) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Hebrew: עֵרֶב ('érev) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Hungarian: keresztfonal — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Hungarian: vetülékfonal — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Ido: wefto — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Irish: inneach — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Italian: trama — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Japanese: 横糸 (yokoito) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Japanese: 緯 (yokoito) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Korean: 씨실 (ssisil) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Korean: 위사 (wisa) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Central Kurdish: پۆ (po) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Latin: subtēmen — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Macedonian: ја́ток (játok) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Malayalam: പാവ് (pāvŭ) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Māori: aho — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Norwegian Bokmål: innslag — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Norwegian Bokmål: islett — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Norwegian Bokmål: veft — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Persian: پود (pud) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Polish: wątek — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Portuguese: trama — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Romanian: bătătură — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Russian: уто́к (utók) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Sanskrit: प्रोत (prota) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏тка — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍtka — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Slovak: útok — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Slovene: votek — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Spanish: trama — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Swedish: väft — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Thai: เส้นด้ายทางขวาง (sên dâai taang-kwǎang) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Tibetan: སྤུན་སྐུད — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Tibetan: ཐགས་ཀྱི་སྤུན་སྐུད (thags kyi spun skud) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Tibetan: ཐགས་ཀྱི་སྤུན (thags kyi spun) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Tibetan: ཁོག་སྤུན — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Turkish: argaç — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Ottoman Turkish: آرغاج (argac) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Ukrainian: уті́к (utík) — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Venetan: trama — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Welsh: anwe — set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp — see also weft
• Finnish: kudos — woven fabric
• Romanian: țesătură — woven fabric
• Finnish: kudos — something which is interwoven with another thing
• Romanian: țesătură — something which is interwoven with another thing
• Afrikaans: woef — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Arabic: هَو هَو (haw haw) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Assamese: ভৌ ভৌ (bhou bhou) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Basque: au-au — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Basque: txau-txau — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Basque: zaunk-zaunk — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Bulgarian: дрезгав лай (drezgav laj) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Catalan: bub-bub — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Catalan: bup-bup — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Chinese Cantonese: 㕵㕵 (wou1 wou1) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Chinese Mandarin: 汪汪 (wāngwāng) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Czech: haf — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Danish: vov — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Danish: vuf — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Dutch: waf — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Dutch: woef — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Esperanto: bojo — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Estonian: auh — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Faroese: voff — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Finnish: haukunta — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• French: ouaf — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• French: oua-oua — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Galician: boubou — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• German: wuff — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• German: rawau — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• German: wau — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Greek: γαβ (gav) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Hebrew: הָאוּ (hau) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Hebrew: הַב (hav) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Hungarian: vau — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Iban: kaung-kaung — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Icelandic: voff — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Indonesian: guk guk — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Italian: bau bau — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Japanese: ワン (wan) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Khmer: វ៉េសវ៉ូស (veeh) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Khmer: ហ៊ (hɔɔ) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Korean: 멍멍 (meongmeong) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Macedonian: ав-ав (av-av) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Malay: gonggong — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Malay: kung-kung — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Mongolian: хав хав (xav xav) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Norwegian: voff — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Norwegian: vov — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Polish: hau — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Portuguese: ão-ão — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Portuguese: au-au — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Romanian: ham-ham — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Romanian: ham — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Romanian: țah — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Russian: гав-гав (gav-gav) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Scottish Gaelic: af — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Serbo-Croatian: av — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Spanish: guau — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Swedish: vov — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Swedish: voff — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Thai: โฮ่ง (hôong) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Thai: โฮ่ง ๆ — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Thai: โฮ้ง (hóong) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Thai: โฮ้ง ๆ — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Turkish: hav — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Vietnamese: gâu gâu — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Yiddish: האַוו (hav) — sound a dog makes when barking — see also bark
• Finnish: haukunta — sound resembling a dog’s bark; low-frequency sound of bad quality produced by a loudspeaker
• Finnish: karjunta — sound resembling a dog’s bark; low-frequency sound of bad quality produced by a loudspeaker
• Finnish: asettaa kude — to place (yarns) crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp in a loom
• Romanian: urzi — to place (yarns) crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp in a loom
• Ottoman Turkish: آرغاجلامق (argaclamak) — to place (yarns) crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp in a loom
• Finnish: karjua — to say (something) in an aggressive or boastful manner
• Romanian: lătra — to say (something) in an aggressive or boastful manner
• Catalan: bordar — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Esperanto: boji — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Estonian: auh — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Finnish: haukahtaa — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Finnish: haukkua — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• French: aboyer — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Greek: γαβγίζω (gavgízo) — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Icelandic: voffa — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Indonesian: menyalak — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Italian: abbaiare — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Italian: latrare — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Japanese: ウーとうなる (ū to unaru) — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Macedonian: ла́е (láe) — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Malay: menyalak — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Portuguese: latir — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Romanian: lătra — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Russian: ла́ять (lájatʹ) — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Sanskrit: बुक्कति (bukkati) — of a dog: to bark — see also bark
• Finnish: haukkua — of a person or thing: to make a sound resembling a dog’s bark
• Romanian: lătra — of a person or thing: to make a sound resembling a dog’s bark
• Finnish: karjua — to speak in an aggressive or boastful manner