Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yoof

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: yoof
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

youth (young person, young people or the state of being young)

British usage; Countable; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Slash'n'sideburn pop is what you get when Manc yoof grows up angry and facially bristling."
"As for the yoof question, yes, there was an attempt to inject a certain spring into Mr Punch's aged step."
"And London clubzine Chortler's Inc has featured a cartoon strip with a bumbling yoof TV presenter, again called Nobski."
"Free Speech was one of those slightly cringey ‘let’s make politics relevant to da yoof’ programmes […]"

Etymology

Respelling of youth to correspond with a nonstandard pronunciation; th-fronting, in particular.

Usage

Inflected Forms

yoofs (plural)

Derived Forms

yoofspeak

Frequently Paired Words

yout

Rhymes With

proof roof smoke proof oof woof spoof hoof aloof goof poof doof reproof

Questions

What does yoof mean?: youth (young person, young people or the state of being young)
Where does yoof come from?: Respelling of youth to correspond with a nonstandard pronunciation; th-fronting, in particular.

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