oaf

(ōf)
n.
A person regarded as stupid or clumsy.

[Old Norse alfr, elf, silly person.]

oafish oaf'ish adj.
oafishly oaf'ish·ly adv.
oafishness oaf'ish·ness n.

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has the plural form oafs.

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noun

A large, ungainly, and dull-witted person: gawk, hulk, lout, lump¹, ox. Informal lummox. Slang klutz, lug¹, meatball, meathead. See ability/inability.

n

Definition: person who is clumsy, stupid
Antonyms: handyman

IN BRIEF: Stupid or awkward person.

He felt like an oaf for not only stepping on her foot as they were dancing but, for crashing into the wall as he focused on avoiding her feet.

Tutor's tip: This word originally meant 'an elf baby left in the place of a human baby.' In England, if someone had an ugly baby people believed that the elves had taken their baby and left them with an elf baby instead.

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noun
noun

A large, clumsy fellow; a stupid or boorish fellow. (1781 —) .
W. Golding Running in panic lest I should be grabbed by some enormous oaf from the scrum (1984).

[From earlier senses, child stolen by the fairies, idiot child; variant of obs. auf, from Old Norse álfr elf.]

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fjols, klodrian, skifting

Nederlands (Dutch)
sukkel, ei, pummel, oen

Français (French)
n. - balourd, mufle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Flegel, Dummkopf

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αδέξιος, άξεστος, βλάκας

Italiano (Italian)
babbeo, gonzo, tanghero, balordo, bimbo ritardato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - imbecil (m)

Русский (Russian)
увалень, болван

Español (Spanish)
n. - zoquete, ceporro, bruto

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - idiot, bortbyting

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
呆子, 畸形儿

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 呆子, 畸形兒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 멍청이, 기형아

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - とんま

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أحمق, أبله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מטומטם, טיפש, גולם‬

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