oaf
A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpletonA person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.
» That oaf has no manners, always interrupting.
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3 senses(derogatory)A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.
Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf!
Tölpel
болва́нbolván
(dated, derogatory)An ill-mannered person; a boor.
an awkward stupid person
(obsolete)An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.
Examples
8 sentencesThat oaf has no manners, always interrupting.
Those oafs tracked mud across the clean floor.
The oafs knocked over the table while trying to move it.
The king's guards were strong, but they were also complete oafs.
Never would an oaf, whatever he may do, be considered a gentleman.
Translations
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Origin
Variant of awf, aufe, probably from Old Norse álfr (“elf”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv).Variant of awf, aufe, probably from Old Norse álfr (“elf”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv). Doublet of alf and elf.
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Forms
plural: oafs / oavesSynonyms
13 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.