"woofer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwʊfɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-woofer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: woofers [plural]
enPR: wo͝ofʹər Rhymes: -ʊfə(ɹ) Etymology: From woof + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|woof|er}} woof + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} woofer (plural woofers)
  1. A loudspeaker that produces low-frequency sound. Coordinate_terms (low-frequency audio speaker): midrange, squawker, subwoofer, tweeter Translations (low-frequency audio speaker): bassokaiutin (Finnish), woofer [masculine] (French), haut-parleur de graves [masculine] (French), Bass [masculine] (German), Basslautsprecher [masculine] (German), amhaire [masculine] (Irish), ウーファー (ūfā) (Japanese), 低音域用スピーカー (tei-on'iki-yō supīkā) (Japanese), 우퍼 (upeo) (Korean), woofer [masculine] (Spanish), bafle de bajos [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-woofer-en-noun-b~NWL4Qf Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'low-frequency audio speaker': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'low-frequency audio speaker': 100 0
  2. (Internet slang) A dog. Tags: Internet Categories (lifeform): Dogs Synonyms (dog): dog
    Sense id: en-woofer-en-noun-MwKDpf~v Disambiguation of Dogs: 15 55 30 Disambiguation of 'dog': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈwʊfɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-woofer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: woofers [plural]
enPR: wo͝ofʹər Rhymes: -ʊfə(ɹ) Etymology: From WWOOF. Head templates: {{en-noun}} woofer (plural woofers)
  1. Synonym of wwoofer Synonyms: wwoofer [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-woofer-en-noun-zbiwjbYc Categories (other): DoggoLingo, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of DoggoLingo: 35 0 65 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 1 63 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 1 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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