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Meaning of boofy | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
/ˈbʊfi/

Definitions

  1. Of hair, puffy, or having extra volume, not necessarily desired; having such hair; see bouffant.
    Australia, colloquial
  2. Brawny, overtly masculine and rather dim-witted.
    Australia, colloquial

Examples

“My hair was so boofy this morning it took 10 minutes of brushing to get it looking decent.”
“He appeared in person much as he did on television – big, boofy even when well groomed – like a version of Ginger Meggs grown up and gone into politics.”
“Steve trotted onto the field: a young footballer with a boofy, 1980s haircut.”
“I'm smiling, my tie is askew, and I'm sporting a boofy big hairdo, like all the other kids in my class.”
“Dave, the big boofy builder, finally solved the mouse problem the big boofy bloke way: by crushing it unceremoniously under his boot.”
“My friend Sharn has a friend in her late 50s who is very keen to maintain sexual relations with her husband, a big boofy bloke, a mechanic by trade.”
“Suddenly the carriage was full of boofy schoolboys all excitedly chesting and punching each other and stretching their limbs as they tried to sit still.”
“She likes Doug Wright, believes behind the hard facade lives a warm, boofy bloke not unlike her Dave.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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