"oofy" meaning in English

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      "word": "impoverished"
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "yi",
        "3": "אויפֿן טיש",
        "4": "",
        "5": "on the table"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish אויפֿן טיש (oyfn tish, “on the table”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From oof + -y. Oof is a clipping of ooftish, from Yiddish אויפֿן טיש (oyfn tish, “on the table”) in the phrase געלט אויפֿן טיש (gelt oyfn tish, “money on the table”).",
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      "form": "more oofy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most oofy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        {
          "ref": "1896 December, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, “Dariel: A Romance of Surrey. Chapter VIII.—Through the Corn.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLX, number DCCCCLXXIV, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publication Co., 112 Wall Street, →OCLC, page 727, column 1:",
          "text": "How lucky for me she never can have heard of the glorious Tinman, or my oofy maiden-aunt; wouldn't she have jumped at me, if she had?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1909, J[oseph] Storer Clouston, chapter XI, in The Prodigal Father, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 215:",
          "text": "Money isn't everything in this world. Youth and love and pluck are the main things. Hang it, what if you do get into debt occasionally? You've got a pretty oofy father-in-law.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1934, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Right Ho, Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 3 Duke of York Street St. James's London S.W.1, →OCLC, page 70:",
          "text": "This Tom has a peculiarity I've noticed in other very oofy men. Nick him for the paltriest sum, and he lets out a squawk you can hear at Land's End. He has the stuff in gobs, but he hates giving up.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having lots of oof (money); rich, wealthy."
      ],
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        [
          "oof",
          "oof"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "rich",
          "rich#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "wealthy",
          "wealthy#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, slang, dated) Having lots of oof (money); rich, wealthy."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "oof-bird"
        },
        {
          "word": "feathered oof-bird"
        },
        {
          "word": "oof"
        },
        {
          "word": "oofiness"
        },
        {
          "word": "oofless"
        },
        {
          "word": "ooftish"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wealthy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "2009 World Series of Poker",
        "Joe Cada"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈuːfi/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "enpr": "o͞ofʹē",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈufi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːfi"
    }
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  "word": "oofy"
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    }
  ],
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        "2": "oof",
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From oof + -y. Oof is a clipping of ooftish, from Yiddish אויפֿן טיש (oyfn tish, “on the table”) in the phrase געלט אויפֿן טיש (gelt oyfn tish, “money on the table”).",
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    {
      "form": "more oofy",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most oofy",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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      "word": "oof-bird"
    },
    {
      "word": "feathered oof-bird"
    },
    {
      "word": "oof"
    },
    {
      "word": "oofiness"
    },
    {
      "word": "oofless"
    },
    {
      "word": "ooftish"
    }
  ],
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        "English terms suffixed with -y",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/uːfi",
        "Rhymes:English/uːfi/2 syllables"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1896 December, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, “Dariel: A Romance of Surrey. Chapter VIII.—Through the Corn.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLX, number DCCCCLXXIV, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publication Co., 112 Wall Street, →OCLC, page 727, column 1:",
          "text": "How lucky for me she never can have heard of the glorious Tinman, or my oofy maiden-aunt; wouldn't she have jumped at me, if she had?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1909, J[oseph] Storer Clouston, chapter XI, in The Prodigal Father, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 215:",
          "text": "Money isn't everything in this world. Youth and love and pluck are the main things. Hang it, what if you do get into debt occasionally? You've got a pretty oofy father-in-law.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1934, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Right Ho, Jeeves, London: Herbert Jenkins Limited, 3 Duke of York Street St. James's London S.W.1, →OCLC, page 70:",
          "text": "This Tom has a peculiarity I've noticed in other very oofy men. Nick him for the paltriest sum, and he lets out a squawk you can hear at Land's End. He has the stuff in gobs, but he hates giving up.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Having lots of oof (money); rich, wealthy."
      ],
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          "oof",
          "oof"
        ],
        [
          "money",
          "money"
        ],
        [
          "rich",
          "rich#Adjective"
        ],
        [
          "wealthy",
          "wealthy#Adjective"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, slang, dated) Having lots of oof (money); rich, wealthy."
      ],
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        "British",
        "dated",
        "slang"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "2009 World Series of Poker",
        "Joe Cada"
      ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈuːfi/",
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      "enpr": "o͞ofʹē",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈufi/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-uːfi"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "wealthy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "oofy"
}