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ouf(f, oof, int.|aʊf, uːf, ʊf, uːf, ʊf|
1. a. An exclamation expressing a sense of stifling, alarm, or annoyance.
1851Longfellow Jrnl. 9 Feb. in S. Longfellow Life H. W. Longfellow (1886) II. 189 There was no violent discussion; so that the Count did not, so often as usual, clasp his round head with both hands and say, ‘Ouf!’ 1855Browning Fra Lippo 50, I could not paint all night—Ouf! I leaned out of window for fresh air. 1876F. E. Trollope Charming Fellow II. xii. 193 ‘Ouf!’ panted Miss Chubb, and began to fan herself. 1913G. B. Shaw Let. 9 July in B. Shaw & Mrs. Campbell (1952) 130 You shut the door on me..and said ‘Ouf!’ when it slammed. 1934Webster, Oof. 1951R. Senhouse tr. Colette's Chéri 33 Back in Paris again—ouf!—I'll pack him off to his precious studies. 1958L. Durrell Balthazar iv. 237 Ouf! I fled. 1966L. Cohen Beautiful Losers (1970) i. 116 You wanted sock! pow! slam! ugg! oof! yulp! written in the air between you and all the world. 1967A. Laski Seven Other Years iv. 59 ‘Ouf!’ he said... ‘This is not my dance.’ 1976‘R. B. Dominic’ Murder out of Commission iii. 27 ‘Oof! What a night!’ he grunted.
b. As an expression of resignation or relief.
1909Mrs. H. Ward Daphne iii. 56 Daphne, with an ‘Ouf!’ of fatigue, took off her hat. 1921G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah v. 261 All. Ouf! (A great sigh of relief.) 1964V. Nabokov Defence xiii. 220 ‘Ouf,’ sighed Mrs. Luzhin, ‘we're finally rid of them.’ 1976N. Freeling Lake Isle xiv. 109 ‘Ouf,’ said Sophie, sitting down and kicking her shoes off.
2. A representation of the warning bark of a dog. Cf. wuff n.
1899Crockett Kit Kennedy 161 ‘Ouff! ouff!’ barked Royal behind him. |