Boof

//buːf// intj, noun, verb, slang

intj, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A “jump” over hydraulic backwash in a high-gradient mountain river, an action analogous to a skier jumping a cliff.
  2. 2
    extra volume, not necessarily desired; boofiness; uncountable

    "I was only 400 metres from my hotel so I thought I'd have no trouble sneaking back before anyone saw me to wash the boof out."

  3. 3
    (slang) empty-gloss, no-gloss, slang

    "Just got a pound of the boof, ayy / Brought that shit straight to the booth, ayy"

Verb
  1. 1
    To make this sound. intransitive
  2. 2
    To have anal sex with someone, usually as the penetrative partner (possibly with negative connotations). slang, transitive

    "not at a party but i'd just like to once say i boofed your mother"

  3. 3
    To get something wrong or make a mistake.

    "Did they attempt to put DOA2 on the recently released list and boofed?"

  4. 4
    To puff out in a voluminous way.

    "When I took the band off, her hair boofed out and just looks stunning!"

  5. 5
    To make a boof jump when whitewater kayaking, rafting, etc. intransitive
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  1. 6
    To conceal (a prohibited item) in one's rectum. slang, transitive

    "He was attempting to commit an act called boofing. Boofing is when an inmate secretes a hidden item inside his rectum. "No, Gee, seriously though, my man saw him boofing this on the visit." He raises his hand, showing me a ball of something wrapped in plastic with a little shit on it."

  2. 7
    To surface quickly and catch prey by gulping, a behaviour which produces an audible sound. intransitive
  3. 8
    To consume (drugs) rectally. slang, transitive

    "DB: What do you mean, like, having a brewsky? Or boofing?"

  4. 9
    To consume (drugs) rectally.; To consume (drugs) in any fashion. broadly, slang, transitive
Intj
  1. 1
    The sound of a blow or collision; wham. colloquial

    "The barman vaulted over the bar and hauled him off and went boof! – right in the Boer's chest, and down he went. As he settled on the floor we ran upstairs."

  2. 2
    A low, deep (dog) bark.

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Example

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"The barman vaulted over the bar and hauled him off and went boof! – right in the Boer's chest, and down he went. As he settled on the floor we ran upstairs."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Imitative. Kayaking sense from the onomatopoeic sound a kayak makes when it lands on the water after “ski jumping” the waterfall forming the backwash; generally attributed to whitewater kayaking aficionados in the eastern United States in the mid- to late 1970s.

Etymology 2

Related to boff.

Etymology 3

Spelling variant of bouffe.

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