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woof

[woof, woof] / wʊf, wuf /










VERB
yap
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG


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There’s an intimate breadth to the warp, woof and weave of “Pompei: Below the Clouds,” which is masterfully edited by Fabrizio Federico and boasts an enveloping score by “The Brutalist” Oscar winner Daniel Blumberg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2026

In the interest of keeping our jobs, we’ll just say this: woof.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 11, 2023

There are income caps, sticker price requirements, battery and supply chain limitations, different phases in which the old credits will still work but new requirements apply.... woof.

From The Verge ● Aug. 17, 2022

"Parentese" is a way of talking that is more interesting to young children, such as calling a dog a "woof".

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2022

“I do indeed! To woof and bark and howl and scratch, like a proper little Ashton should.”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

They are also digging into whether AI could correctly identify a dog's age, gender and breed based on what it woofs.

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2024

Three woofs to Michael Gerson’s July 5 op-ed, “Why I will never live without a dog again,” for illuminating the power of the dog: affection, unconditional love and joy.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2022

Clifford and his dog pals had always chatted using words instead of woofs, but he was all dog with humans in his past TV life.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2019

There were the recruits being called up to the quarterdeck, push-upping or crunching to untold woofs from the mad hats.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 18, 2018

For although these ahwoos, woofs, and yaps were indisputably of a barking, howling nature—and sounded as if they were just outside the room, in fact— they were certainly not being uttered by the Incorrigibles.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood




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