oof

Meanings

Interjection

Noun

  • A sound made in pain, as when expelling air after being struck.
  • Money.

Verb

  • (video games, ergative) to kill.

Origin

  • An onomatopoeia. Similar to Dutch oef and German uff.
  • The verb sense is from a sound effect used in point-of-view video games when a character dies.

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