woofyadj.1
/ˈwuːfi/ rare.
Resembling a woof or woven fabric; of dense texture. Also transferred.The sense of the 20th-century quots. is unclear.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > density or solidity > close texture > [adjective]
closea1500
close-grained1754
woofy1826
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [adjective] > woven > of the nature of
woofy1826
webby1854
wefty1867
1826 J. Baillie Martyr ii. i Close round us hung, the vapours of the night Had form'd a woofy curtain.
1976 Art N.Z. Dec. 15/1 She would have none of the delirious woofy mango-swamp muck of the then Auckland School.
1983 R. Sutcliff Blue Remembered Hills xvi. 124 A moustache..not of the woofy RAF variety but more akin to the kind worn by sergeant-majors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
woofyadj.2
/ˈwʊfi/ Of reproduced sound: having too much bass, or bass that is indistinct.
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society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > [adjective] > quality of reproduced sound
phonogenic1923
woofy1932
high fidelity1933
lo-fi1954
scratchy1961
scratchless1978
ambient1990
1932 J. 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’.
1975 Gramophone 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
woofyadj.3
? Talkative.Apparently an isolated use.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]
wordyeOE
talewisec1200
i-worded?c1225
babblinga1250
cacklinga1250
chatteringa1250
speakfula1250
word-wooda1250
of many wordsc1350
janglingc1374
tatteringc1380
tongueya1382
ganglinga1398
readya1400
jargaunt1412
talkative1432
open-moutheda1470
clattering1477
trattling?a1513
windy1513
popping1528
smatteringa1529
rattle?1529
communicablea1533
blab1552
gaggling1553
long-tongued?1553
prittle-prattle1556
pattering1558
talking1560
bobling1566
gabbling1566
verbal1572
piet1573
twattling1573
flibber gibber1575
babblative1576
tickle-tongued1577
tattling1581
buzzing1587
long-winded1589
multiloquous1591
discoursive1599
rattling1600
glib1602
flippant1605
talkful1605
nimble-tongued1608
tongue-ripe1610
fliperous1611
garrulous?1611
futile1612
overspeaking1612
feather-tongueda1618
tongue-free1617
long-breatheda1628
well-breathed1635
multiloquious1640
untongue-tied1640
unretentive1650
communicative1651
linguacious1651
glibbed1654
largiloquent1656
multiloquent1656
parlagea1657
loose-clacked1661
nimble-chop1662
twit-twat1665
over-talkativea1667
loquacious1667
loudmouth1668
conversable1673
gash1681
narrative1681
chappy1693
apposite1701
conversative1703
gabbit1710
lubricous1715
gabby?1719
ventose1721
taleful1726
chatty?1741
blethering1759
renable1781
fetch-fire1784
conversational1799
conversant1803
gashing1808
long-lunged1815
talky1815
multi-loquacious1819
prolegomenous1822
talky-talky1831
nimble-mouthed1836
slipper1842
speechful1842
gassy1843
in great force1849
yattering1859
babbly1860
irreticent1864
chattable1867
lubrical1867
chattery1869
loose-mouthed1872
chinny1883
tongue-wagging1885
yappy1909
big-mouthed1914
loose-lipped1919
ear-bashing1945
ear-bending1946
yackety-yacking1953
nattering1959
yacking1959
woofy1960
1960 C. P. Snow Affair xl. 371 The hairline which, when he was drunk, separated the diffuse and woofy benevolence from a suspicion of all mankind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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