oafs

noun

Definition of oafsnext
plural of oaf
1
as in hulks
a big clumsy often slow-witted person it's not polite to call your brother a stupid oaf

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2
as in idiots
a stupid person anyone who took him for an oaf and tried to cheat him would be in for a nasty surprise

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  1. losers
  2. villains
  3. skunk
Noun
  • The Flyers limp into the Christmas break losers of four of their last five (1-4-0), with their lone win over Columbus on Saturday.
    Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • This selective spending behavior has created a clear divide between winners and losers in the consumer and retail space.
    Randy Watts, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of losers
Noun
  • The next big bad in Jared Leto's motley crew of sinister screen villains has finally been announced.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2024
  • For others, deep cuts are remembering the names of random Ninja Turtle villains.
    Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of villains
Noun
  • The animals included twelve bats, nine racoons, eight skunks, two groundhogs, a bobcat, three cats and a fox, data shows.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Noma’s new colleagues in Sony’s robot skunk works had recently gone to Tokyo’s Akihabara electronics district and brought back boxes of circuit boards and servos.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of skunk
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