uffint.
/ʌf/ An exclamation as of someone panting with exertion or difficulty.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > exclamation of exertion [interjection]
uff1922
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. x. [Wandering Rocks] 237 O, my corns!.. Come upstairs for goodness' sake till I sit down somewhere. Uff! Ooo!
1958 O. Caroe Pathans xxiv. 394 One day the fisherman caught—uff!—an enormous fish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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U.F.F.
U.F.F. n. Ulster Freedom Fighters.
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society > armed hostility > warriors collectively > paramilitary groups spec. > [noun]
U.V.F.1913
squadra1922
Sturmabteilung1923
steel helmet1925
Schutzbund1927
new guard1932
Silver Shirts1934
Stern gang1944
Umkhonto we Sizwe1961
nahal1963
MK1964
Provisional I.R.A.1970
Black September1971
Red Brigade1971
Black Septembrist1972
U.D.A.1972
Symbionese Liberation Army1973
U.F.F.1973
Amal1976
death squad1976
INLA1979
1973 Times 13 Nov. 2/6 The U.F.F...have claimed responsibility for at least 10 murders.
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