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Oof
/uːf/
A sound made in pain, as when expelling air after being struck.
📖 Definitions of "Oof"
noun
- 1
A sound made in pain, as when expelling air after being struck.
interjection
- 1
A sound mimicking the loss of air, as if someone's solar plexus had just been struck.
interjection
- 1
An expression of one's own physical pain.
"Ouch! You stepped on my toe! That hurt!"
- 2
An expression in sympathy at another's pain.
"Ouch! Her sunburn looks awful."
- 3
A reply to an insult seen as savage (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking).
"Ouch. How could you say that?"
- 4
An expression of disappointment.
"Ouch, I really wanted to do that."
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