Definitions For Foofaraw

Noun

FOOFARAW (plural FOOFARAWs) Overly excessive or flashy ornamentation or decoration. fuss, fuss over something of little importance.

Quotations

1944, Time, volume 44, page 15: : The thumping bands, the badges, the pretty girls and all the time-honored foofaraw failed to charge up the Republican batteries to the sparking point. The great engine just would not turn over — at the start. {{quote-journal

Alternative forms

foofooraw

Etymology

First attested in the 1930s, of uncertain origin.

Is Foofaraw a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
17

The word Foofaraw is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Foofaraw in a Sentence

  • The foofaraw that accompanies any big wedding

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