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/ˈduːfə/ · noun
(slang) An object whose name the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know..
A certain factory manufactures two distinct products, ‘gadgets’ and ‘doofers’. […] The times required for these operations, the total time available per week, and the profit per gadget or doofer are as tabulated: […]
Right-ho. Who's going to work the doofer? Lady? Right-ho.
I opt for a CN Burger combo – basically, a hefty cheeseburger and fries, with a drink. […] I collect, together with serviettes (you ought to need serviettes with a burger!), and one of their patented "doofers" – an ingenious cardboard contraption designed to stop your burger's innards falling out – and return to eat it at work.
On top of the bar [of the bicycle] is a little rubber doofer that plugs a hole, into which a Garmin or Wahoo out-front mount can be inserted.
Last weekend The Sunday Telegraph reported on the trend of what teenagers are calling "bush doofing", which sees hundreds of drunk partygoers descend on a vacant property for a wild night of drinking and dancing. But real bush doofers have hit back, claiming teenagers are ruining the reputation of the events, which are meant to be well-organised, legal events, not a breeding ground for wild behaviour, sexual assaults and underage drinking.
In the early days you couldn't really distinguish between … the techno ravers in the warehouses and the bush doofers […]
In one year since the last Let Them Eat Cake, you could be mistaken for thinking that the crowd had been infiltrated by the cadre of loyal doofers who haven’t missed a Rainbow Serpent [Festival] since the Rainbow Serpent first created Australia.
[A]round 200 ‘doofers’ had trampled and rubbished the ecologically sensitive area which contained threatened fauna and flora.
Use doofer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Doofer means (slang) An object whose name the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know..
Common synonyms include thingy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A certain factory manufactures two distinct products, ‘gadgets’ and ‘doofers’. […] The times required for these operations, the total time available per week, and the profit per gadget or doofer are as tabulated: […]
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