oomf
/umf/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of oomph.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of OOMF.
Example Sentences
- "I love my OOMFs"
- "[Jeremy O. Harris:] One of the things I worry about is that the little gay boys and girls I’m friends with don’t meet people their age IRL. They only know people through their oomfs, right? The oomfs run the world. [Devan Shimoyama:] What’s “oomf”? [Jeremy O. Harris:] An oomf is an “O.O.M.F.” — “one of my friends,” as in someone you know only in a digital space, from Twitter or Tumblr."
- "“New beginnings, baby, you know what I'm saying?” “Yeah, Lucy.” “Good girl. Hey, do you want me to set you up? I know some very nice young men. Some of whom have a bit of oomf in their—” “Thanks, Luce, you can back off now.”"
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /umf/
- British English: /uːmf/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
oomf in law
oomf-in-law