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oaf

/əʊf/US/oʊf/

oaf noun: a person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.

Noun

oaf (plural oafs or oaves)

  1. (derogatory) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.
    • Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf!
    Synonyms:
    dummy
  2. (dated, derogatory) An ill-mannered person; a boor.
    • I hope you haven't been thinking me an awful oaf for not writing to thank you for so many jolly games after I left Tapsfield?1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
  3. (obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.
    Synonyms:
    auf, swapling

oaf meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

oaf in Urdu

ابلہ, بےوقوف, بھونڈا, غیرمہذب

oaf in Bengali

বোকা, অদক্ষ ব্যক্তি

oaf in Malayalam

boor, lout, barbarian
മണ്ടൻ, ഏഭ്യൻ, മഠയൻ, കാട്ടുമ്പ്രാണ്ടി, അപരിഷ്കൃതൻ, പ്രാകൃതൻ

oaf in Kannada

ಕುರೂಪಿ, ಚಂದಗೇಡಿ, ಚೆಂದಗೇಡಿ, ಬೆಳ್ಗಂಡ, ಮೂರ್ಖ, ದಡ್ಡ

Synonyms of oaf

All synonyms of oaf

Forms of oaf

pluraloafs
pluraloaves
alternative formauf

Origin of oaf

Variant of awf, aufe, probably from Old Norse álfr (“elf”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv). Doublet of alf and elf.

Words formed from oaf

Words that rhyme with oaf

Questions about oaf

What does oaf mean?
Oaf means a person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.
What is oaf in Urdu?
Oaf in Urdu is ابلہ, بےوقوف, بھونڈا. See Oaf meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is oaf?
Oaf is a noun.
How do you pronounce oaf?
Oaf is pronounced /əʊf/ (UK).
What is the plural of oaf?
The plural of oaf is oafs.

Words near oaf in the dictionary

  1. OADMs
  2. OAE
  3. OAer
  4. OAers
  5. OAEs
  6. oaf
  7. oaf-rocked
  8. oafdom
  9. oafish
  10. oafishly
  11. oafishness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: oaf (page history and authors); oaf (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oaf (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); oaf (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); oaf (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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