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oaf
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oaf  (f)
n.
A person regarded as stupid or clumsy.

[Old Norse alfr, elf, silly person; see albho- in Indo-European roots.]

oafish adj.
oafish·ly adv.
oafish·ness n.

oaf [əʊf]
n
a stupid or loutish person
[variant of Old English ælf elf]
oafish  adj
oafishly  adv
oafishness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.oafoaf - an awkward stupid person            
clumsy person - a person with poor motor coordination

oaf
noun lout, brute, yob or yobbo (Brit. slang), fool, jerk (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), idiot, dummy (slang), plank (Brit. slang), berk (Brit. slang), sap (slang), gorilla (informal), wally (slang), booby, prat (slang), plonker (slang), coot, moron, goon, geek (slang), twit (informal, chiefly Brit.), bonehead (slang), dunce, imbecile, clod, simpleton, gawk, airhead (slang), dullard, dipstick (Brit. slang), dickhead (slang), gonzo (slang), schmuck (U.S. slang), dork (slang), nitwit (informal), dolt, bear, charlie (Brit. informal), blockhead, divvy (Brit. slang), pillock (Brit. slang), halfwit, nincompoop, dweeb (U.S. slang), putz (U.S. slang), fathead (informal), eejit (Scot. & Irish), thicko (Brit. slang), dumb-ass (slang), gobshite (Irish taboo slang), numpty (Scot. informal), doofus (slang, chiefly U.S.), galoot (slang, chiefly U.S.), fuckwit (taboo slang), lummox (informal), dickwit (slang), nerd or nurd (slang), numbskull or numskull, bumpkin, boor, churl, clumsy idiot Leave the lady alone, you drunken oaf!
brain (informal), genius, intellectual, rocket scientist (informal, chiefly U.S.), egghead (informal), smart aleck (informal), wiseacre
Translations
oaf [əʊf] Nzoquete mf

oaf [ˈəʊf] nbalourd m

oaf
n pl <-s or oaves> → Flegel m, → Lümmel m; you clumsy oaf!du altes Trampel! (inf)

oaf [əʊf] nzoticone/a
oaf [əʊf] nzoticone/a

oaf
n oaf [əuf]
a stupid or clumsy person That stupid oaf is always knocking things over. uilskuiken, idioot, lomperd ساذِج، أبلَه، أخرَق простак trouba fjols der Dummkopf βλάκας patán, palurdo, zoquete lollpea آدم احمق و پخمه köntys balourd, ourde גוֹלֶם बेवकूफ glupan mamlasz orang tolol auli; klaufi balordo のろま 바보, 멍청이 mulkis, stuobrys muļķis; lempis orang bodoh pummel dust; klossmajor przygłup, niezdara imbecil prost, nerod тупица; неуклюжий человек trúba tepec smotanko fån[], drummel คนโง่ ahmak kimse 蠢人;畸形兒 телепень, йолоп احمق kẻ ngu ngốc
adj oafish
onnosel, torrerig شَخْص أخْرَق أو أبْلَه просташки nemotorný tåbelig dumm αποβλακωμένος, αδέξιος torpe, bruto lollakas احمق tomppeli mufle טִיפֵּש मूर्ख, बुद्धू glup hülye tolol klaufalegur ばかな 우둔한 kvailokas, stačiokiškas pamuļķis; lempīgs bodoh klungelig dustet; klosset głupkowaty, niezdarny aparvalhado prost, nerod тупой; неуклюжий nemotorný butast smotan fånig, drumlig โง่ ahmak 癡獃的,畸形的 незграбний; придуркуватий احمقانہ đần độn


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