Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having a close texture; dense: as, a woofy cloud.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having a close texture; dense.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective archaic Having a close texture; dense
  • adjective Prone to woofing
  • adjective Similar in sound to the woof of a dog.

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Examples

  • For all the wonders of high-tech, Lepage's giants, Fasolt (the woofy Franz-Josef Selig) and Fafner (the more authoritative Hans-Peter König) looked like a cross between the Geico cavemen and the Vikings in that ad for the Capital One credit card (are these references to TV a blow for pop culture?).

    The Met's 'Das Rheingold': Cast for the simulcast? Anne Midgette 2010

  • U know who u is…..we has hired a big woofy for sekuritee.

    Roomservice. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

  • You've spent the last nine months building a person, and now that 9 pound person is going to come swimming out your woofy.

    Hysterical 2008

  • To have such, deveoted and well, in your case woofy listeners gives me hope.

    I think something must be broken… 2005

  • By the end of the recording process, Hotter had gotten woofy and a little wobbly*.

    Archive 2006-10-01 Patrick J. Smith 2006

  • By the end of the recording process, Hotter had gotten woofy and a little wobbly*.

    Böhm's Ring Patrick J. Smith 2006

  • Hotter, wobbly and woofy as he became by Die Walküre, is the sort of profoundly flawed Wotan that defines the role.

    More thoughts on Solti's Ring Patrick J. Smith 2006

  • Hotter, wobbly and woofy as he became by Die Walküre, is the sort of profoundly flawed Wotan that defines the role.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Patrick J. Smith 2006

  • He saw one of those early spring days of illimitable blue highness and white, woofy clouds, which stand stationary where the earth meets the sky; the brightness of the sun makes the roads seem whiter and the grass greener, bringing out new tints and colours in everything it touches.

    Maurice Guest 2003

  • While driving to the doctor, down 76th Street in Richfield, I noticed that a very woofy motorcycle cop was parked on the side of the street, pointing something at on-coming cars.

    Ear aches, Doctors, and Cops, oh my! drewan 2003

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  • an adjective for a dense, thick cloud

    September 18, 2009