From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwoofwoof1 /wʊf/ interjection DHPa word used for describing the sound a dog makes → bark —woof noun [countable] —woof verb [intransitive]woofwoof2 /wuːf $ wʊf, wuːf/ noun [countable] x-refthe weft
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woof• I began to understand our pattern was set and that there was a warp and woof to the larger world.• I could hear the warp and woof of his life.• One of them was the mountain chicken, emitting a discreet, woof.Origin woof1 (1800-1900) From the sound woof2 Old English owef, from o- “on” + wefan ( → WEAVE1) 