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gaff
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural gaffs
plural gaffs
Learner's definition of GAFF
[count]
1
: a spear or hook used for lifting heavy fish大鱼钩；鱼叉
2
: a pole that supports the top of a sail on some sailboats（帆船纵帆上缘的）斜桁
3
British slang : someone's home家；住所
- Why not come round to my gaff for a few drinks?到我家来喝几杯如何？
blow the gaff
British slang : to reveal a secret especially in a public way揭露— usually + on
- The report blows the gaff on a series of illegal actions by the government.这份报告揭露了政府的一系列非法行径。
1
a
: a handled hook for holding or lifting heavy fish
b
: a spear or spearhead for taking fish or turtles
c
: a metal spur for a gamecock
d
: a butcher's hook
e
: a climbing iron or its steel point
gaffed; gaffing; gaffs
gaffed; gaffing; gaffs
British
: a cheap theater or music hall
Synonyms
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
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.
Verb (1)
derivative of gaff entry 1
Noun (2)
of obscure origin
Verb (2)
probably derivative of gaff entry 3
Noun (3)
of obscure origin
First Known Use
Noun (1)
circa 1656, in the meaning defined at sense 1b
Verb (1)
1844, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb (2)
1933, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (3)
1812, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of gaff was circa 1656 Phrases Containing gaff
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