groof

• grouf, growf, grufe, greuf, gruff
• griff (Orkney)

From Middle Scots grouf, used in the set phrase on grouf (“face down”) and its derivatives.

• IPA^(key): /ɡruf/, /ɡrʌuf/

groof (plural groofs)

1. used in set phrases, especially on one's groof
2. (by extension) a belly
3. (figuratively) the front side

• on one's groof (“face down”)

groof (not comparable)

1. prone, flat

• “groof”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
• Eagle, Andy, editor (2026), “grouf”, in The Online Scots Dictionary‎^[1]