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doofers

doofers is the plural of doofer.

Meaning of doofer

Noun (1)

doofer (plural doofers)

  1. (slang) An object whose name the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know.
    • A certain factory manufactures two distinct products, ‘gadgets’ and ‘doofers’. […] The times required for these operations, the total time available per week, and the profit per gadget or doofer are as tabulated: […]1981, Ian Stewart, “Applications of Modern Mathematics”, in Concepts of Modern Mathematics, Harmondsworth, Middlesex; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN; republished Mineola, N.Y.: Dover...
    1. (slang, specifically) The remote control for a television.
      • From a very early age, my elder grandson took to calling the remote control for the TV the ‘doofer’. He didn't come up with the name himself. It was the name his parents used, and he just picked it up – the name, that is, not the doofer. Actually, he became very adept at negotiating his way around...2014, Tom Gordon, “December 12 – Simplicity”, in Look Well to This Day: A Year of Daily Reflections, Glasgow: Wild Goose Publications, →ISBN, page 357

Noun (2)

doofer (plural doofers)

  1. (Australia, slang) A participant in a doof (“outdoor dance party held in remote bushland or on the outskirts of a city”).
    • Last weekend The Sunday Telegraph reported on the trend of what teenagers are calling "bush doofing", which sees hundreds of drunk partygoers descend on a vacant property for a wild night of drinking and dancing. But real bush doofers have hit back, claiming teenagers are ruining the reputation of...2013 May 11, Briana Domjen, “Bush doof community hits back”, in The Sunday Telegraph, Sydney, N.S.W., archived from the original on 06 Sep 2017

Questions about doofers

What is doofers the plural of?
Doofers is the plural of doofer.

Words near doofers in the dictionary

  1. doof
  2. doofbag
  3. doofbags
  4. Doofenshmirtzian
  5. doofer
  6. doofers
  7. doofi
  8. doofier
  9. doofiest
  10. doofiness
  11. doofoid

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