oaf
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6.4
- noun
- /oʊf/
- Offensive
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patán
- Stop acting like such a clumsy oaf at the party; you keep bumping into everyone.
- a clumsy oaf
- a big oaf
- a stupid oaf
But I don't know, like I'm a hopeless romantic and this one does seem like he's just a big oaf.
- But I don't know, like I'm a hopeless romantic and this one does seem like he's just a big oaf.
- What we have to do is get rid of this and human rights aspects of of the police oaf, OK?
Examples
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With a few hours of effort, she transformed me from a true oaf of the dance floor to a beginning-level student.
Fiction book (1991) -
But he knew he would always stand there like an oaf, for some reason ashamed and yet happy.
Fiction book (2002) -
- Back off, you big oaf!
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- Let go, you big oaf!
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It's a fact that at any moment you could turn into an oaf.
Fiction book (1999) -
If he were an oaf, he wouldn't have even come close to the ball.
Blog text (13) -
Let us through, you oafs.
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I felt empathy for the poor oaf Oblomov.
Fiction book (2002) -
The big oaf reeled back dizzily and clutched his head in pain.
Fiction book (1996) -
You stupid, clumsy oaf!
Synonyms
38
7.8
A person who acts in a silly or clumsy way
35
7.7
A person who is awkward or slow to do things
11
7.9
A person who is rude and clumsy in social situations
9
7.7
A person who behaves awkwardly and seems slow to understand
2
9.9
A large clumsy person who often knocks things over
1
9.9
A person who is clumsy and acts in a silly, awkward way
1
9.9
A clumsy person who is awkward in movement or manners
1
8.1
A person who is clumsy and often seems not clever
1
9.9
A person who is silly or clumsy, often used in Ireland
1
9.9
A rude young person who acts badly in public
A clumsy person who often makes silly mistakes
A silly or socially awkward person who acts foolishly
How Clumsy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word oaf comes from an old word álfr meaning 'elf', and people once used it for a 'changeling', a child thought to be left by elves. Over time that idea of a strange, clumsy child turned into the modern sense: an oaf is a clumsy, awkward person.