doof
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 4
/duːf/
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/duːf/ · /dʊf/
Definition of doof
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (US, slang)A simpleton.
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noun
- (US, slang)A simpleton.
- (Australia, New-Zealand, slang, uncountable)A type of music with pronounced bass, typically associated with the modified car scene.
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(Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable)An outdoor dance party, held in bushland in a remote area or on the outskirts of a city.
“Dynamics of play and creativity are a prominent catalyst of social relations at both doofs and raves.”
“Similar themes emerged in the ‘doofs’ of Australian rave culture.”
“2007, Australian National University Dept of Pacific and Southeast Asian History, Aboriginal History, Volume 31, page 76, The bush doof is a unique product of post-rave culture and is particularly suited to the expansive Australian landscape.”
intj
- Imitating an electronic drum sound.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From doofus, or alternatively from Scots, which uses the word with the same meaning. Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf”).
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