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Definition gaff
Etymology 1
From Middle English gaffe, from Old French gaffe, from Old Occitan gaf (“hook”), derivative of gafar (“to seize”), from Gothic ????- (gaff-) derived from ????? (giban, “to give”).
Noun
gaff (plural gaffs)
- A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
- A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe.
- A trick or con.
- (nautical) The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.
- A garment worn to hide the genitals.
- Gaffer tape.
Verb
gaff (third-person singular simple present gaffs, present participle gaffing, simple past and past participle gaffed)
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Old English gafspr?c (“buffoonery, scurrility; blasphemous or ribald speech”), from Old English gaf (“base, vile, lewd”) + Old English spr?c (“language, speech, talk”)
Noun
gaff
Etymology 3
Unknown. Possibly from Etymology 1, via a sense of "a place that will be robbed" in criminal argot; possibly from Etymology 2, via a sense of "cheap theatre"; possibly from Romani g?w (“village”) (cognate German Kaff (“village”)).
Noun
gaff (plural gaffs)
- (Britain, especially Mancunian and Cockney, Ireland, slang) A place of residence.
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