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Definition of oaf in English: oafnoun əʊfoʊf A man who is rough or clumsy and unintelligent. they are just big, clumsy oafs Example sentencesExamples - What a shameful exercise in valuing the life of a stupid and dangerous oaf over the lives of millions of others.
- That ungentlemanly oaf - he should have at least thought of giving you a ride back here.
- They are big oafs with naught but lust for young maidens like you.
- He sighed as well, thinking of the treat he would get if he ever got to apologize to the big oaf.
- That is, I am insensitive, brutal, clumsy and a big oaf.
- To some, the director-general is an oaf dressed in jester's clothing, a big-mouthed fool with a propensity to put his foot in it.
- I didn't want to get married to a big oaf, so I ran away.
- Wasn't there some scrawny woman called Emma, and a big oaf who was in love with her?
- Female waitresses and bartenders everywhere know exactly what it's like to have to simper in silence in the face of some witless, leering oaf.
- Seriously, if a man is a clumsy oaf before you met him, he'll always have that streak of clumsiness.
- It is like that wit-less oaf to suggest such a ludicrous thing.
- ‘Look where you're going, you oaf!’ she shouted at him.
- Our branch contains a fair number of clumsy oafs and we own a hard boat with plenty of deck space for stumbling about.
- If the story so obviously made no sense that any chat show oaf could tear it apart, I don't think they'd be taking it as seriously as they are.
- The second time, he had tripped over something, and Mary had called him ‘a clumsy oaf.’
- She smiled and sipped her coffee, but he still heard her murmur, ‘Uncultured oaf.’
- Those drunken oafs do not deserve the exaggerated respect they receive.
- And certainly it's just the tip of the iceberg with this militant oaf.
- Bart, you brainless oaf, the least you could've done for her is give her your coat.
- Raziel sighed and shook his head, ‘Forget about that oaf.’
- This idiot and his team of oafs had the audacity to patronize and laugh at Eugene last night.
- ‘I'm not your animal to man handle you oaf! ‘she announced, ducking in an attempt to get past him.’
- Anyone who is tormented by that oaf next door deserves a consolation dinner.
- ‘Why don't you, you lazy oaf,’ Ryan hissed right back, his anger flaring up wildly.
- Why did they all seem to think that I fell feelings for that insignificant oaf whose purpose of living is to make other lives - well mostly mine - completely and utterly wretched?
- Soon every brigand of note, every pirate and village oaf will declare themselves lord of their fief and kingdom and it will all be up for anyone with the mightiest resource.
- ‘Yes, and we will make a raft of you big oafs, you and my brother Bolo,’ laughed Nalu.
- Much as I would rather sit and stare into space than talk to such oafs, that would have been both rude and a missed opportunity - they were, after all, supposed to be the bee's knees.
- The oaf in question was met with a barrage of abuse - as we pointed out that we had a baby on board who was scared witless and screaming.
- It'd be better than being here with a big oaf who cares nothing about nobody!
- It is a mystery beyond all mysteries, unless, I do not think this could be possible, could one of my daughters have fallen in love with this oaf and told him everything?
- Besides its not like me and you haven't done that before you stupid oaf!
- I screamed at Justin, ‘You're hurting me you oaf!’
- And he has been nothing but a gentleman compared to the big oaf whose been trying to bully him.
- Many professional dancers make ends meet, or simply share their love of the art, by teaching classes in studios that are surprisingly manageable for your average clumsy oaf.
- Rather than let those stereotypes build walls, I wanted to show people that bodybuilders are so much more than just big musclebound oafs to be afraid of.
- Such a clumsy oaf should never be allowed to dance, much less with such energy.
- They might have given me the glare, and mumbled something under their breath like, ‘Where did this oaf learn to drive?’
- But clearly the lumbering oaf thinks they're all trying it on.
- Nowadays it is the footballers who behave like oafs off the field, while rugby players act like hooligans on it.
Synonyms lout, boor, barbarian, Neanderthal, churl, clown, gawk, hulk, bumpkin, yokel fool, dolt, dullard Irish bosthoon informal idiot, imbecile, halfwit, cretin, ass, jackass, goon, jerk, oik, yahoo, ape, gorilla, baboon, bear, lump, clodhopper, clod, blockhead, meathead, bonehead, chucklehead, knucklehead, lamebrain informal, dated muttonhead, noddy, hobbledehoy British informal clot, twit, twonk, numpty, muppet, plonker, berk, prat, pillock, wally, git, wazzock, nerk, dork, yob, yobbo, chav Scottish informal nyaff, sumph, gowk, galoot Irish informal gobdaw North American informal bozo, schmuck, boob, lamer, chowderhead, dumbhead, lummox, klutz, putz, schlemiel, gink, cluck, ding-dong, wiener, weeny, dip, spud, coot, palooka, poop, squarehead, hick, goofus, clunk, dingleberry, turkey, stumblebum Australian informal dingbat, alec, galah, nong, bogan, poon, boofhead, drongo, dill South African informal skate, mompara vulgar slang dickhead, fuckwit, fuckhead, shit for brains, dildo British vulgar slang arsehole, arse, dick, tit, tosser, knobhead North American vulgar slang asshat Irish vulgar slang gobshite archaic clodpole, lubber
Origin Early 17th century: variant of obsolete auf, from Old Norse álfr 'elf'. The original meaning was 'elf's child, changeling', later 'idiot child' and 'halfwit', generalized in the current sense. The word oaf goes back to Old Norse alfr ‘an elf’. It originally meant ‘an elf's child, a changeling’, and from this came to be used for ‘an idiot child’, and then ‘fool’ or ‘halfwit’. Finally, in the early 20th century, it acquired the general sense of ‘large clumsy man’, a sense used by Rudyard Kipling in The Islanders (1903) when he referred to cricketers and footballers as ‘flannelled fools at the wicket’ and ‘muddied oafs at the goals’.
Definition of oaf in US English: oafnounoʊfōf A stupid, uncultured, or clumsy person. they are just big, clumsy oafs Example sentencesExamples - Raziel sighed and shook his head, ‘Forget about that oaf.’
- The second time, he had tripped over something, and Mary had called him ‘a clumsy oaf.’
- This idiot and his team of oafs had the audacity to patronize and laugh at Eugene last night.
- Our branch contains a fair number of clumsy oafs and we own a hard boat with plenty of deck space for stumbling about.
- ‘Look where you're going, you oaf!’ she shouted at him.
- And certainly it's just the tip of the iceberg with this militant oaf.
- It is like that wit-less oaf to suggest such a ludicrous thing.
- Such a clumsy oaf should never be allowed to dance, much less with such energy.
- If the story so obviously made no sense that any chat show oaf could tear it apart, I don't think they'd be taking it as seriously as they are.
- ‘Why don't you, you lazy oaf,’ Ryan hissed right back, his anger flaring up wildly.
- And he has been nothing but a gentleman compared to the big oaf whose been trying to bully him.
- It is a mystery beyond all mysteries, unless, I do not think this could be possible, could one of my daughters have fallen in love with this oaf and told him everything?
- That is, I am insensitive, brutal, clumsy and a big oaf.
- Nowadays it is the footballers who behave like oafs off the field, while rugby players act like hooligans on it.
- Seriously, if a man is a clumsy oaf before you met him, he'll always have that streak of clumsiness.
- Much as I would rather sit and stare into space than talk to such oafs, that would have been both rude and a missed opportunity - they were, after all, supposed to be the bee's knees.
- But clearly the lumbering oaf thinks they're all trying it on.
- The oaf in question was met with a barrage of abuse - as we pointed out that we had a baby on board who was scared witless and screaming.
- Bart, you brainless oaf, the least you could've done for her is give her your coat.
- Rather than let those stereotypes build walls, I wanted to show people that bodybuilders are so much more than just big musclebound oafs to be afraid of.
- Soon every brigand of note, every pirate and village oaf will declare themselves lord of their fief and kingdom and it will all be up for anyone with the mightiest resource.
- They might have given me the glare, and mumbled something under their breath like, ‘Where did this oaf learn to drive?’
- Many professional dancers make ends meet, or simply share their love of the art, by teaching classes in studios that are surprisingly manageable for your average clumsy oaf.
- I screamed at Justin, ‘You're hurting me you oaf!’
- They are big oafs with naught but lust for young maidens like you.
- That ungentlemanly oaf - he should have at least thought of giving you a ride back here.
- ‘Yes, and we will make a raft of you big oafs, you and my brother Bolo,’ laughed Nalu.
- Anyone who is tormented by that oaf next door deserves a consolation dinner.
- She smiled and sipped her coffee, but he still heard her murmur, ‘Uncultured oaf.’
- Wasn't there some scrawny woman called Emma, and a big oaf who was in love with her?
- What a shameful exercise in valuing the life of a stupid and dangerous oaf over the lives of millions of others.
- He sighed as well, thinking of the treat he would get if he ever got to apologize to the big oaf.
- Besides its not like me and you haven't done that before you stupid oaf!
- It'd be better than being here with a big oaf who cares nothing about nobody!
- Why did they all seem to think that I fell feelings for that insignificant oaf whose purpose of living is to make other lives - well mostly mine - completely and utterly wretched?
- Those drunken oafs do not deserve the exaggerated respect they receive.
- ‘I'm not your animal to man handle you oaf! ‘she announced, ducking in an attempt to get past him.’
- I didn't want to get married to a big oaf, so I ran away.
- Female waitresses and bartenders everywhere know exactly what it's like to have to simper in silence in the face of some witless, leering oaf.
- To some, the director-general is an oaf dressed in jester's clothing, a big-mouthed fool with a propensity to put his foot in it.
Synonyms lout, boor, barbarian, neanderthal, churl, clown, gawk, hulk, bumpkin, yokel
Origin Early 17th century: variant of obsolete auf, from Old Norse álfr ‘elf’. The original meaning was ‘elf's child, changeling’, later ‘idiot child’ and ‘halfwit’, generalized in the current sense. |