tuff-tuffn.
/ˈtʌfˈtʌf/ = teuf-teuf n.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > engine sound > [noun]
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1902 E. Glyn Refl. Ambrosine v. 62 The tuff-tuff-tuff of a motor car was heard, and it drew up at our gate.
1903 Daily Chron. 1 July 3/2 ‘When one has steered one's “tuff-tuff” all day,’ said a Parisian..‘or been driven through the clouds in a balloon.’
1982 N. Freeling Wolfnight 98 He managed..with a tufftuff to Kehl..and walked across the Europa Bridge.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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