What (who) is Oaf - definition
oaf
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Oaf; O.A.F.; OAF (disambiguation)
(oafs)
If you refer to someone, especially a man or boy, as an oaf, you think that they are impolite, clumsy, or aggressive.
Leave the lady alone, you drunken oaf.
= lout
N-COUNT: oft adj N [disapproval]
oaf
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Oaf; O.A.F.; OAF (disambiguation)
¦ noun a stupid, boorish, or clumsy man.
Derivatives
oafish adjective
oafishly adverb
oafishness noun
Origin
C17 (orig. in the sense 'elf's child', later 'idiot child'): var. of obs. auf, from ON alfr 'elf'.
Oaf
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Oaf; O.A.F.; OAF (disambiguation)
·noun Originally, an elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins; hence, a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an Idiot.
Pronunciation examples for Oaf
1. So I decided to show you my capture
of that brainless oaf Hagrid...
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Examples of use of Oaf
1. He also created the humourless, interfering oaf Prodnose.
2. Embarrassing I remember shouting at the screen: "You mustn‘t say that, you ungallant oaf!
3. But the time is fast approaching when he can‘t keep this ludicrous oaf in office much longer.
4. But what is that compared to the 1.5million publicly funded pension pot of an oaf like John Prescott?
5. It is to Tony Blair‘s eternal shame – not that he has any – that he elevated this semi–literate oaf and charged him with running great offices of state.