yoof
yoof noun: youth (young person, young people or the state of being young).
Noun
yoof (countable and uncountable, plural yoofs)
- youth (young person, young people or the state of being young)
- Slash'n'sideburn pop is what you get when Manc yoof grows up angry and facially bristling.1992, New Musical Express
- As for the yoof question, yes, there was an attempt to inject a certain spring into Mr Punch's aged step.1992, Punch
Examples of yoof in a sentence
- And London clubzine Chortler's Inc has featured a cartoon strip with a bumbling yoof TV presenter, again called Nobski.1992, The Face:
- Free Speech was one of those slightly cringey ‘let’s make politics relevant to da yoof’ programmes […]2025 January 15, James Delingpole, “The day I was heckled for speaking about the rape gangs”, in The Spectator:
Forms of yoof
| plural | yoofs |
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Origin of yoof
Respelling of youth to correspond with a nonstandard pronunciation; th-fronting, in particular.
Words formed from yoof
Words that rhyme with yoof
Questions about yoof
- What does yoof mean?
- Yoof means youth (young person, young people or the state of being young).
- How do you use yoof in a sentence?
- And London clubzine Chortler's Inc has featured a cartoon strip with a bumbling yoof TV presenter, again called Nobski.
- What part of speech is yoof?
- Yoof is a noun.
- What is the plural of yoof?
- The plural of yoof is yoofs.
Words near yoof in the dictionary
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