boof

American  

[boof] / buf /

verb (used without object)

1. to launch a kayak over a drop or difficult water formation, using a forward paddle stroke to raise the bow of the craft out of the water.

   Be prepared for a lot of spills when you’re learning to boof.

2. to engage in anal sex.

3. to ingest alcohol or drugs rectally, for more rapid intoxication than ingestion by mouth.

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verb (used with object)

1. to launch a kayak over (a drop or difficult water formation), using a forward paddle stroke to raise the bow of the craft out of the water.

   The trainer made boofing the hole look easy.

2. to launch (a kayak) over a drop or difficult water formation, using a forward paddle stroke to raise the bow of the craft out of the water.

   This old craft won't survive being boofed many more times.

noun

1. 1. a maneuver used to launch a kayak over a drop or difficult water formation.

      She was pleased with her almost perfect boof over the ledge.

   2. a drop or difficult water formation that requires such a maneuver.

      If the map is correct, this section of the creek has many boofs.

Etymology

Origin of boof

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

William's former show DJ, DJ Boof, spoke out online about her health and behavior writing, “Yup exactly and it will all come out... Y’all have no idea what’s really going on and everyone there is afraid to speak up because they don’t wanna lose their jobs ... this is going to play out bad ... I feel sorry for the workers and victims.”

From Fox News

My time with Jol forced me to quickly correct people like Boof who spread false ideas about Africa, treating the continent like it’s not the mother civilization but one monolithic place full of disease, famine and ignorance.

From Salon

Meanwhile, the older beer drinking dudes who hung by the lobby in my aunt’s projects, mainly Boof, would say things like, “Dem Africans hate us and they stink just like their jungle country!”

From Salon

And birds like BOOF—late arrivers who subsequently move?

From Scientific American

This is the story of a bird with blue and orange bands on his right leg, orange and “Fish & Wildlife” bands on his left: blue-orange-orange-fish, or BOOF, the bird who did everything wrong.

From Scientific American