American English pronunciation
How to pronounce poof
IPA transcription: ['puf]
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Noun
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offensive term for an openly homosexual man
Usage examples
- "Variety" called it "a surprisingly funny B-movie spoof with a feminist edge.
- The satirical website The Spoof!
- Parody, spoofs the series.
- Phishing scammers attempt to spoof a website to steal security details.
- In the early Internet, "legitimately spoofed" email was common.
- Phishing scammers attempt to spoof a website to steal security details.
- The film spoofs "Casablanca", "The Maltese Falcon", "Chinatown", and "To Have and Have Not".
- He just called you a poof, what's your response to that?
- Occasionally, the final sketch was a film spoof.
- Similar in meaning to "pansy", or to "nancyboy" or "poofter" outside the United States.