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oomf

UK/uːmf/US/umf/

oomf is the alternative form of oomph.

oomf is the alternative letter-case form of OOMF.

Meaning of oomph

Noun

oomph (countable and uncountable, plural oomphs)

  1. (informal, uncountable) Strength, power, passion or effectiveness; clout.
    • Use a mild cleanser, but pick something with enough oomph to do the job.
    Synonyms:
    welly
  2. (informal, uncountable) Sex appeal.
    • 'Come to think of it, the girl looked a bit like Ann,' Jerry reflected. 'Foxy, know what I mean? Garbo eyes, lots of oomph.'1974, John le Carré, chapter 28, in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
  3. (countable) A bassy grunting or thudding sound.

See all 4 meanings of oomph

Noun capitalized: OOMF

OOMF (plural OOMFs)

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of one of my followers or one of my friends.
    • I love my OOMFs
    • [Jeremy O. Harris:] One of the things I worry about is that the little gay boys and girls I’m friends with don’t meet people their age IRL. They only know people through their oomfs, right? The oomfs run the world.
      [Devan Shimoyama:] What’s “oomf”?
      [Jeremy O. Harris:] An oomf is an “O.O.M.F.” —...2022 September 16, Emil Wilbekin, “What Does It Mean to Be a Young, Black Queer Artist Right Now?”, in The New York Times Style Magazine, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2022
    Synonyms:
    oomfie

Synonyms of oomf

Forms of oomf

pluraloomfs
pluralOOMFs

Words formed from oomf

Questions about oomf

What is oomf the alternative form of?
Oomf is the alternative form of oomph.
What part of speech is oomf?
Oomf is a noun.
How do you pronounce oomf?
Oomf is pronounced /umf/ (US).
What is the plural of oomf?
The plural of oomf is oomfs.

Words near oomf in the dictionary

  1. oomancy
  2. oomantia
  3. oometer
  4. oometers
  5. oometry
  6. oomf
  7. oomfchella
  8. oomfie
  9. oomfies
  10. oomfs
  11. oomiac

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oomf (page history and authors); OOMF (page history and authors); oomph (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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