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teuf-teuf|tœftœf|
[a. Fr.: echoic.]
An imitation of the repeated sound of gases escaping from the exhaust of a petrol engine. Hence as v. intr., (of a motor) to make such a sound; (of a person) to ride in a chugging motor vehicle. Now usually anglicized as tuff-tuff.
1902Daily Chron. 22 Aug. 3/4 The ‘teuf-teuf’ of the rapid motor is everywhere on the splendid roads. 1904H. G. Wells Food of Gods i. iv. 125 People..used to see him almost daily teufteufing slowly about Hyde Park. 1905Westm. Gaz. 9 Sept. 11/3 The teuf-teufing of the motor is drowned by the tinkle of marriage bells. 1907G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island iii. 77 His ear catches an approaching teuf-teuf. 1914T. A. Baggs Back from Front xxiv. 121 Suddenly, piercing the night stillness, came the harsh teuf-teuf of a motor-car. |