▪ I. wuff, n.
(wʌf)
[Echoic. Cf. woof n.2, wough n., and next.]
A low, suppressed bark of a dog.
| 1824 [Carr] Craven Gloss. s.v. 1888 ‘J. S. Winter’ Bootle's Childr. ii, The ‘wuff-wuff’ of one or other of the dogs breaking the silence. |
▪ II. wuff, v.
(wʌf)
[Echoic. Cf. waff v., woof v.]
intr. To bark in a low, suppressed manner.
| 1851 G. H. Kingsley Sp. & Trav. v. (1900) 143 That dog, now growling and ‘wuffing’ in his dreams. 1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover xii. 197 The dog wuffed softly, slowly wagging her tail. 1932 E. M. Brent-Dyer Chalet Girls in Camp vi. 84 ‘That dog just worships you, Jo.’.. Rufus ‘wuffed’ joyfully. |