# boof

> English word · Interjection · IPA /buːf/ · frequency rank #59,912

## Definitions
1. The sound of a blow or collision; wham.
2. A low, deep (dog) bark.

## Etymology
Imitative. Kayaking sense from the onomatopoeic sound a kayak makes when it lands on the water after “ski jumping” the waterfall forming the backwash; generally attributed to whitewater kayaking aficionados in the eastern United States in the mid- to late 1970s.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/boof