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boof¹

  • /buːf/
  • [bʉːf] Australia

Where it comes from

Imitative. Kayaking sense from the onomatopoeic sound a kayak makes when it lands on the water after “ski jumping” the waterfall forming the backwash; generally attributed to whitewater kayaking aficionados in the eastern United States in the mid- to late 1970s.

interjection

  1. colloquial The sound of a blow or collision; wham. The barman vaulted over the bar and hauled him off and went boof! – right in the Boer's chest, and down he went. As he settled on the floor we ran upstairs.
  2. A preliminary, soft "pre-bark" that a dog makes when unsure that a full, vocal bark is warranted. "You scared me." "Boof, boof," the dog answered.

noun boofs

  1. A “jump” over hydraulic backwash in a high-gradient mountain river, an action analogous to a skier jumping a cliff.

verb boofs · boofing · boofed

  1. intransitive To make this sound.
  2. intransitive To make a boof jump when whitewater kayaking, rafting, etc.
  3. intransitive, of fish To surface quickly and catch prey by gulping, a behaviour which produces an audible sound.

boof²

  • /buːf/
  • [bʉːf] Australia

Where it comes from

Related to boff.

verb boofs · boofing · boofed

  1. slang, transitive To have anal sex with someone, usually as the penetrative partner (possibly with negative connotations). not at a party but i'd just like to once say i boofed your mother
  2. slang, transitive To conceal (a prohibited item) in one's rectum. He was attempting to commit an act called boofing. Boofing is when an inmate secretes a hidden item inside his rectum. "No, Gee, seriously though, my man saw him boofing this on the visit." He raises his hand, showing me a ball of something wrapped in plastic with a little shit on it.
  3. slang, transitive To consume (drugs) rectally. DB: What do you mean, like, having a brewsky? Or boofing?
  4. broadly, slang, transitive To consume (drugs) in any fashion.

boof³

  • /buːf/
  • [bʉːf] Australia

verb boofs · boofing · boofed

  1. To get something wrong or make a mistake. Did they attempt to put DOA2 on the recently released list and boofed?

boof⁴

  • /buːf/
  • [bʉːf] Australia

Where it comes from

Spelling variant of bouffe.

verb boofs · boofing · boofed

  1. of hair To puff out in a voluminous way. When I took the band off, her hair boofed out and just looks stunning!

noun

  1. slang, uncountable Extra volume of the hair, not necessarily desired; the quality of being bouffant. I was only 400 metres from my hotel so I thought I'd have no trouble sneaking back before anyone saw me to wash the boof out.

boof⁵

  • /buːf/
  • [bʉːf] Australia

noun

  1. slang, uncountable A kind of strong cannabis. Just got a pound of the boof, ayy / Brought that shit straight to the booth, ayy

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"boof." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boof. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{boof_2026,
  title = {boof},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boof},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}