oof

[ oof ]

interjection

1. (an exclamation used to sympathize with someone else’s pain or dismay, or to express one’s own): Oof, I've got tons of schoolwork to do this week.

   Oof, that conversation must’ve been so awkward and hurtful!

   Oof, I've got tons of schoolwork to do this week.

oof

/ uːf /

noun

1. slang.
   money

Derived Forms

• ˈoofy, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of oof¹

First recorded in 1770–80; imitative

Word History and Origins

Origin of oof¹

C19: from Yiddish ooftisch, from German auf dem Tische on the table (referring to gambling stakes)

Example Sentences

But really, these heroes of hilarity past put the oof in “spoof.”

From The Daily Beast

Oof you hatn't done vat you dit, I bed you somet'ing der modor-car vould haf peen a lot oof junk.

From Project Gutenberg

Py shiminy grickets, oof you hit me mit a flad-iron I vill mad be as some hornets.

From Project Gutenberg

Oof you don'd, py shiminy, somet'ing is going to take blace vat is nod on der pills.

From Project Gutenberg

I like pooty goot to see dot kind oof luck hit Pringle, afder vat he dit py me.

From Project Gutenberg

Oof you tell der deputy sheriff, und make some misdakes, den you lose your chob, und ve bot' lose a shance to ged to Tenver.

From Project Gutenberg