woof

• (US) enPR: wo͝of, IPA^(key): /wʊf/
• Rhymes: -ʊf

From Middle English oof, owf, from Old English ōwef, āwef, from ō- (“on”) +‎ wef (“web”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-Germanic *webaną (“to weave”), from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-, *wobʰ- (“to weave, to lace together”).

woof (plural woofs)

1. The set of yarns placed crosswise in a loom, interlaced with the warp, carried by the shuttle; weft.
2. A fabric; the texture of a fabric.
   • 1803, Erasmus Darwin, The Temple of Nature‎, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:

     O'er her fine waist the purfled woof descends;

• (crosswise thread or yarn): weft

Onomatopoeic.

woof (plural woofs)

1. The sound a dog makes when barking.

• (sound of a dog): arf, bark, bow wow, growl, howl, snarl, whimper, whine, yap, yelp, yip

woof

1. The sound of a dog barking.
2. (humorous) Expression of strong physical attraction for someone.
   • 2015, Remmy Duchene, Love Me Harder‎, Loose Id, →ISBN, page 32:

     I see a hardworking man, with a smile that lights up a room—very sexy—woof!

woof (third-person singular simple present woofs, present participle woofing, simple past and past participle woofed)

1. To make a woofing sound.

• woofer

woof

1. (marketing) Well-off older folks.
2. (agriculture) Work on organic farm.

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• Rhymes: -oːf

woof

1. singular past indicative of wuiven