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Meaning of moof | Babel Free

Interjection CEFR B1
muf

Definitions

Used to indicate the lowing or barking sound of a dogcow or similar chimeric creature.

humorous, onomatopoeic, usually

Examples

“Upon closer examination, I discovered that dogcows actually "speak." In a very excited condition, like being near an open can of Mountain Dew, dogcows will say "Boo Woo! Moof!" But it is much more common to hear them just say, "Moof!"”
““And won’t you just cry out and beg for mercy? You know, Alisha dear,” warm breath on him, “I used to think he was just a dog, and then I thought he was a cow, but I think—I know—he’s just a cross between both, a cow and a dog. Cows go moo, dogs go woof, so what does a dogcow go? Moof moof moof. Go moof, Chuck, go moof.””
“Everyone knew where the hackers were sitting when they started yelling “Moof! moof!” at the screen—“moof” is the sound the LaserWriter Options dogcow makes.”
“His name, they say, is Clarus. His bark, they say, is Moof.”
“You can predict, we bet, the sound she makes: Moof! (Yes, the Dogcow is a she—as is every cow. Otherwise, she would be a dogbull.”
““But it has ten legs and goes ‘moof-moof’,” Eddie joked.”
“Before you reconfigure, mount a scratch monkey. A dogcow makes a moof. An aliasing bug can smash the stack.”

CEFR level

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