Meaning

3 senses
  1. (US, slang)A simpleton.

  2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, uncountable)A type of music with pronounced bass, typically associated with the modified car scene.

  3. (Australia, New Zealand, countable, uncountable)An outdoor dance party, held in bushland in a remote area or on the outskirts of a city.

Origin

From doofus, or alternatively from Scots, which uses the word with the same meaning. Scots

From doofus, or alternatively from Scots, which uses the word with the same meaning. Scots doof is derived from Low German doof (“deaf”).

Onomatopoeic, from the sound of an electronic bass drum.

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Forms

plural: doofs
Singulardoof
Pluraldoofs

regular

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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