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    [Noun]  | "gaff" | \ ˈgaf \


    1: a handled hook for holding or lifting heavy fish

    2: a spear or spearhead for taking fish or turtles

    3: a metal spur for a gamecock

    Origin: circa 1656 ;

     Borrowed from French gaffe, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Old Occitan gaf, probably derivative of gafar "to seize," of obscure origin ;

      * Note : Middle English gaffe, occurring in the early 14th-century "Kildare Poems" (British Library MS Harley 913) and glossed "iron hook" in the Middle English Dictionary, is of uncertain relation to the modern word. It predates attestations of the word in French.;

    [Noun]  | "gaff" 


    1: something painful or difficult to bear : ordeal —usually used in the phrase stand the gaff; especially : persistent raillery or criticism

    2: rough treatment : abuse

    3: hoax, fraud

    Origin: 1896 ;

     Of obscure origin;

    [Noun]  | "gaff" 


    1: a cheap theater or music hall

    Origin: 1812 ;

     Of obscure origin;

    [Noun]  | "gaff-top*sail" | \ ˈgaf-ˈtäp-ˌsāl \


    1: a usually triangular topsail with its foot extended upon the gaff

    Origin: 1794 ;

    [Verb]  | "gaff" 


    1: to strike or secure with a spear or hook

    2: to fit (a gamecock) with a metal spur

    Origin: 1844 ;

     Derivative of {see: |gaff:1|gaff:1};

    [Verb]  | "gaff" 


    1: deceive, trick; also : fleece

    2: to fix for the purpose of cheating

    Origin: 1933 ;

     Probably derivative of {see: |gaff:3|gaff:3};

    [Idiom]  | "blow the gaff" 


    1: to reveal a secret especially in a public way —usually + on

    [Noun]  | "gaff" 


    1: a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark;


      * e.g., " ... you can expect to make some amusing gaffs until you get more familiar with the language "




    2: an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy;


      * e.g., " ... double-check the new writer's grammar, as it's typically riddled with gaffs "



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    [Verb]  | "gaff" 


    1: to cause to believe what is untrue;


      * e.g., " ... a sleazy schemer who gaffed gullible people into thinking they could get rich with a money-making opportunity "




    2: to rob by the use of trickery or threats;


      * e.g., " ... the operators of the traveling carnival had gaffed patrons with a variety of time-honored ruses "



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     [ "gaff" ]

    1: "gaff" is an irish slang word for "house", its also used across Scotland and parts of England and Wales

      * e.g.,  ... dave - " come on over to my gaff, we can watch a film or something " 

     [ "gaff" ]

    1: An irish expression refering to ones house

      * e.g.,  ... stall on down to my gaff 

     [ "gaff" ]

    1: Noun.

      * e.g.,  ... "I spent the night at Kat's gaff." 

     [ "gaff" ]

    2: British slang for one's flat/apartment.

      * e.g.,  ... "You lucky fuck." 

     [ "gaff" ]

    1: Panties designed for men to hide their bulge and tuck it underneath them like a good crossdresser should

      * e.g.,  ... It took Mike a few minutes to put on his gaff to begin his transformation to Michelle 

     [ "gaff" ]

    1: An Irish term for a house party

      * e.g.,  ... I'm havin a gaff Saturday 

     [ "gaff" ]

    1:  A mistake

      * e.g.,  ...  "Anyway, he just tells his mum he just tripped up while his pants were round his ankles and just happened to fall on to the dog with his erect penis." 

     [ "gaff" ]

    2:  Place of abode

      * e.g.,  ... "What a gaff!" 

     [ "gaff" ]

    1: Guyanese word for " to have a conversation".

      * e.g.,  ... We were gaffing just the other day about it. 

     [ "gaff" ]

    1: A tobacco cigarette, usually of the roll-up variety. An abbreviation of "gaffer".

      * e.g.,  ... You coming out for a gaff? 

     [ "gaff" ]

    1: a long pole usually made out of bamboo or aluminum with a hook on the end. it is stuck into large fishes in order to bring them onto a fishing boat.

      * e.g.,  ... he gaffed the tuna in the head.  

     [ "gaff" ]

    1: A slang word, used mostly in Britain as another word for house. Mostly used by morons and tools.

      * e.g.,  ... Hey, you coming round my gaff? Your house, yes. But not your gaff. 

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