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boofish

boofish adjective: synonym of daft.

Adjective

boofish (comparative more boofish, superlative most boofish)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of daft.
    • In New Zealand, those drinking beer are no longer just the stereotypical, boofish young male, but include the discerning specialist and the female household shopper.2000 May 29, J2jurado, “beer bits”, in rec.food.drink.beer (Usenet)
    • And, possibly, public displays of boofish behaviour with your mates — but maybe that's only Australian billionaires.2014 May 10, Rod Chester, “How many hours does Mark Zuckerberg really work at Facebook?”, in News Corp Australia
    Synonyms:
    daft

Synonyms of boofish

Forms of boofish

comparativemore boofish
superlativemost boofish

Origin of boofish

From boofhead + -ish.

Questions about boofish

What does boofish mean?
Boofish means synonym of daft.
What part of speech is boofish?
Boofish is an adjective.

Words near boofish in the dictionary

  1. boofheaded
  2. boofheads
  3. boofier
  4. boofiest
  5. boofing
  6. boofish
  7. boofriend
  8. boofriends
  9. boofs
  10. boofy
  11. boog

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