youfv.
/jaʊf/, U.S. /jaʊf/, Scottish English /jʌʊf/ Scottish.
intransitive. To bark, esp. in a suppressed manner.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [verb (intransitive)] > bark > in particular way
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c1686 R. Law Memorialls (1818) 224 His dogs..howling, yelling, and youphing.
c1686 R. Law Memorialls (1818) 224 Howling and yooffing.
1773 R. Fergusson Poems 94 My colley, Ringie, youf'd an' yowl'd a' night.
1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 41 And, Cerberus, though but just whelped, Did stan' an' yuff.
1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxvi, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 754 A' the colleys began yelpin' and youffin'.
1842 Whistle-Binkie 3rd Ser. Last Laird o' the Auld Mint viii A kind yowffin bark.
Derivatives
youf int. and n. (also reduplicated).
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > dog > [interjection] > bark
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1842 J. Wilson Recreations Christopher North I. 18 Youf—youf—youf—go the terriers.
1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 213 Youff, the bark of a dog. Youff conveys the notion of a softer sound than youp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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