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coofs

coofs is the plural of coof.

Meaning of coof

Noun (1)

coof (plural coofs)

  1. (Scotland) An idiot, or fool.
    • "Georgie Gleg is odious to me. He always has been. For all his good heart he's a coof and a simp."1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 212
  2. (derogatory, Nantucket) Someone who was not born and raised on Nantucket, especially someone from Cape Cod.
    • They called them "strangers" or, even worse, "coofs," a term of disparagement originally reserved for Cape Codders but broadened to include all of those unlucky enough to have been born on the mainland.2000, Nathaniel Philbrick, “Nantucket”, in In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, Viking, →ISBN, page 10

Noun (2)

coof (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) COVID-19.
    1. (Internet) The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Questions about coofs

What is coofs the plural of?
Coofs is the plural of coof.

Words near coofs in the dictionary

  1. cooey
  2. cooeyed
  3. cooeying
  4. cooeys
  5. coof
  6. coofs
  7. Coogan
  8. Coogans
  9. Coogee
  10. Coohee
  11. Coohees

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