woof

/wʊf/

US pronunciation

American sound/wʊf/

woof

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: Short oo vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> woof

Myanmar meaning

ခွေးဟောင်သံ။

Full entry

woof¹ /wƱf/ interj, n (infml )

ခွေးဟောင်သံ။

woof² /wu:f; US also wƱf/ n

= WEFT

More examples

‘There are many barks in the distance - yips vs woofs, neither of which is Jasper's.’
‘How did such a little Scottie dog make such a loud woof?’
‘Neighbors strolled by, waving hello, and golden retrievers exchanged friendly woofs.’
‘Last night I was finishing ‘Crime Story’ when Jasper sat up, woofed a woof of surprise, and clicked over to the window.’
‘Owen picks ‘Hubble’ up from the pound and within five minutes has been zapped by an alien ray that lets him understand the language of woofs.’
‘Standing high on my pedals and growling threateningly, I launch into a tirade of woofs, barks, snarls and bow wow wows, praying that the Bulgarian dogs understand my Australian accent.’
‘The animal's footfalls seemed to echo in the woofs as the boy continued to listen intently.’
‘I told him that it is because my name is Josh Beach and that I am the Big Dog and big dogs sometimes go woof.’
‘Seconds later, his face is thoroughly cleansed by a rough tongue accompanied by a myriad of woofs and laughter.’
‘That's when I saw him: my huge mutt stretching and yawning at such a ridiculous angle that his woof sounded like ‘boo.’’
‘Today, I got in a great workout, some brunch, some used clothes shopping, and a few whistles and woofs from the locals.’
‘She then looked at me, held her hands in the air like little paws, and barked, ‘Woof woof.’’
‘We at Blighty wonder whether it was black like a Labrador, had floppy ears and went, ‘Woof woof!’’
‘‘Woof woof, ’ Reiko barked sarcastically from the bathroom doorway.’
‘What's he supposed to do, woof once for yes and twice for no?’
‘Other dogs sit tethered to benches, and occasionally woof at competing mutts, but Jasper whines and barks the entire time.’
‘And try as I might, I just couldn't get Geoff Wood to miaow or woof!’
‘She was slender and petite with a heart-shaped face and sapphire eyes that just seemed to glow and a figure that still made construction workers woof whenever she walked past them.’
‘I understand that when dogs woof, they may be saying one of several things.’
‘The speed of the cat startled the dog and she woofed lunging forward.’

Synonyms

bark, yap, animal yelp, arf, arrangement, balance, bay, being, character, cilia, coarseness, cobweb, complexity, composition, consistency, constitution, contexture, cord, cotton, cry, disposition, down, entanglement, essence, essentiality, fabric, feel, feeling, fiber, fibril, filament, filigree, fineness, flax, flexibility, floss, footlet, form, framework, gnarl, gossamer, grain, grit, growl, grunt, hair, howl, interconnection, interlacing, intermixture, involvement, labyrinth, lacework, lattice, ligature, lint, lisle, make, makeup, mat, matting, maze, mesh, meshwork, morass, nap, nature, net, netting, network, organization, outside, pattern, pile, plait, quality, ravel, raveling, reticulation, roar, roughness, scheme, screen, sense, shag, shred, silk, skein, smoothness, snap, snarl, stamen, staple, stiffness, strand, strategy, string, strip, structure, surface, tangle, taste, tendril, texture, thread, thrum, tissue, toil, tooth, touch, trellis, twine, vein, wail, wale, warp, weave, web, webbing, weft, wicker, wire, wool, yarn, yelp, yip

Antonyms

disarrangement, disorganization, ease, inside, interior, lot, middle, order, organization, politeness, simplicity