different between oaf vs drongo

English

Alternative forms

• auf

Etymology

From auf, Old Norse álfr (“elf”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv). Doublet of elf.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??f/
• (US) IPA^(key): /o?f/
• Rhymes: -??f

Noun

oaf (plural oafs or oaves)

1. (derogatory) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.

   Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf!

2. (obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

Synonyms

• (clumsy or idiotic person): dummy, galoot, imbecile, lout, moron, fool

Derived terms

• oafish

Translations

References

Further reading

• oaf at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• FAO, Foa, OFA, fao, of a

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?????

Etymology 1

From Malagasy drongo.

Noun

drongo (plural drongos or drongoes)

1. Any bird of the family Dicruridae.

Derived terms

• drongo cuckoo

Etymology 2

From an Australian racehorse named Drongo, apparently after the bird (specifically, after the spangled drongo, Dicrurus bracteatus). The horse (foaled 1920, retired 1925) never won a race, and by transference anyone slow-witted or clumsy became a drongo.

• Alternatively, from putative RAAF slang drongo (a recruit), similarly after the bird.
• Another suggested derivation is the Scottish Gaelic drongair (“drunkard”).

Noun

drongo (plural drongos)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A fool, an idiot, a stupid fellow.
   • 2010, Graham Seal, Great Australian Stories: Legends, Yarns and Tall Tales, page 191,

     In another story, the drongo is working for a farmer when the boss decides it is time to build another windmill. The drongo agrees to help but asks the farmer if he thinks it really makes sense to have two windmills. ‘What do you mean?’ the farmer asked. ‘Well, says the drongo, ‘there?s barely enough wind to operate the one you already have, so I doubt there?ll be enough to work two of them.’

   • 2010, John Timpson, Upside Down Management: A Common Sense Guide to Better Business, unnumbered page,

     One drongo executive can do harm enough, but things get worse when they start recruiting people like themselves.

Synonyms

• (clumsy fool; idiot): cretin, doilem (Geordie), dufus, fool, glaik (Geordie), idiot, mong

References

Anagrams

• Gordon, Grodno

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French drongo, from Malagasy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dr?n.?o/
• Rhymes: -?n?o
• Hyphenation: dròn?go

Noun

drongo m (plural dronghi)

1. (ornithology) drongo (any bird of the Dicruridae family), particularly the fork-tailed drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)

References

• drongo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French drongo, from Malagasy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dron.?o/

Noun

drongo m (uncountable)

1. drongo

Declension

See also

• cioar?
• corb
• mierl?

References

• drongo in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)