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foofoo

foofoo is the alternative form of foo-foo.

foofoo is the alternative spelling of fufu.

foofoo is the alternative form of Foo.

Meaning of foo-foo

Adjective

foo-foo (comparative more foo-foo, superlative most foo-foo)

  1. Synonym of frou-frou.
    • Holland, who lives in Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, certainly doesn't end with recipes for foo-foo drinks. She provides hints on making your own spirits, like applejack and elderberry wine, and instructions for building, yes, a still.2007 May 7, Robert R. Harris, “Book Review: The Joy of Drinking”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020
    Synonyms:
    frou-frou

Meaning of fufu

Noun

fufu (uncountable)

  1. A dish of boiled, mashed cassava mixed with plantain, yams, or other starchy vegetables, common as food in West and Equatorial Africa and the Caribbean, and sometimes sold in dry powdered or granulated form.
    • Africans generally serve highly seasoned stews with a starch - corn, millet, yams, cassava or rice - which they mash and whip to a paste, called fufu in West Africa. This is topped with a sauce known as palava.[1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    choke-me

Proper noun capitalized: FooFoo

FooFoo

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Foo.

Forms of foofoo

comparativemore foofoo
superlativemost foofoo

Questions about foofoo

What is foofoo the alternative form of?
Foofoo is the alternative form of foo-foo.
What part of speech is foofoo?
Foofoo is a proper noun.

Words near foofoo in the dictionary

  1. foofaraws
  2. foofed
  3. foofier
  4. foofiest
  5. foofing
  6. foofoo
  7. foofooraw
  8. foofooraws
  9. fooforaw
  10. fooforaws
  11. foofs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foofoo (page history and authors); FooFoo (page history and authors); foo-foo (page history and authors); fufu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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