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▪ I. woofy, a.1 rare.|ˈwuːfɪ|
[f. woof n.1 + -y1.]
Resembling a woof or woven fabric; of dense texture. Also transf.
The sense of the 20th-c. quots. is unclear.
1826J. Baillie Martyr ii. i, Close round us hung, the vapours of the night Had form'd a woofy curtain. 1976–7Art N.Z. Dec./Jan. 15/1 She would have none of the delirious woofy mango-swamp muck of the then Auckland School. 1983R. Sutcliff Blue Remembered Hills xvi. 124 A moustache..not of the woofy RAF variety but more akin to the kind worn by sergeant-majors.
▪ II. woofy, a.2|ˈwʊfɪ|
[f. woof int., n.2, and v.2 + -y1.]
Of reproduced sound: having too much bass, or bass that is indistinct.
1932J. H. Reyner Mod. Radio Communication (ed. 4) xx. 204 We shall experience a loss of the upper frequencies, the reproduction lacking brilliance and sounding ‘woofy’. 1975Gramophone Nov. 819/2, I prefer the sound of the horns..on the Decca Ace of Diamonds record, a much cleaner sound than the rather ‘woofy’ quality on the new record.
▪ III. woofy, a.3 nonce-wd.
[Perh. f. woof v.2]
? Talkative.
1960C. P. Snow Affair xl. 371 The hairline which, when he was drunk, separated the diffuse and woofy benevolence from a suspicion of all mankind. |