Examples of woof in a Sentence
Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
And sure enough, over time the sharp bark morphed into an almost welcoming woof, and the conversations with Etti lengthened into several sentences, mutually understood despite my nonnative accent.
—Sue Wunder, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 May 2023
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“Woof.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/woof. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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woof
2 of 3 verbwoof
3 of 3 nounNoun
Middle English oof "threads, crossing the warp," from Old English ōwef (same meaning), from ō- "on" (from on) and -wef (related to web "web" and wefan "to weave")
Noun
a word created in imitation of the sound
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