different between doofer vs doffer

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?du?f?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?du?f?/
• Rhymes: -u?f?(r)
• Hyphenation: doo?fer

Etymology 1

Respelling of “do for”, as in “it will do for that job”.

Noun

doofer (plural doofers)

1. (slang) An object the name of which the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know. [from 1930s]
   1. (slang, specifically) The remote control for a television.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:thingy

Translations

Etymology 2

doof (“outdoor dance party”) +? -er.

Noun

doofer (plural doofers)

1. (Australia, slang) A participant in a doof (“outdoor dance party held in remote bushland or on the outskirts of a city”).

Translations

Anagrams

• deroof, fooder, foredo, roofed

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

doofer

1. comparative degree of doof

Adjective

doofer

1. inflection of doof:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

English

Etymology

doff +? -er

Noun

doffer (plural doffers)

1. (textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
2. A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

Derived terms

• doffer shaft
• ring doffer

Related terms

• doffing comb

References

Anagrams

• fforde, offer'd, offred

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.f?r/
• Hyphenation: dof?fer
• Rhymes: -?f?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch duvers, duve (“dove, pigeon”).

Noun

doffer m (plural doffers, diminutive doffertje n, feminine duif or duivin)

1. male dove, a cock pigeon

   Synonyms: duiver, mannetjesduif

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

doffer

1. Comparative form of dof