wuffn.
/wʌf/ A low, suppressed bark of a dog.
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1824 W. Carr Horæ Momenta Cravenæ (at cited word)
1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Children ii. 10 The ‘wuff-wuff’ of one or other of the dogs breaking the silence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
wuffv.
/wʌf/ 1. intransitive. To bark in a low, suppressed manner.
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1851 G. H. Kingsley Sport & Trav. (1900) v. 143 That dog, now growling and ‘wuffing’ in his dreams.
1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xii. 197 The dog wuffed softly, slowly wagging her tail.
1932 E. M. Brent-Dyer Chalet Girls in Camp vi. 84 ‘That dog just worships you, Jo.’.. Rufus ‘wuffed’ joyfully.
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transferred. Of the sound of a shell in flight.
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1919 C. P. Thompson Cocktails 110 As the first ranging shell ‘wuffed’ up two of the Gothas dropped away from the tail of the formation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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