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gaff

About 0.26 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
  2. noun A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe.
    We politely ignored his gaff.
  3. noun A trick or con.
    The sideshow feat was just a gaff, but the audience was too proud to admit they'd been fooled.
  4. noun The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.
  5. noun A type of tight, panty-like underwear worn to hold the penis and testicles tucked backwards and make one's genital region look smooth, as if one had a vulva.
  6. verb To use a gaff, especially to land a fish.
  7. verb To cheat or hoax.
  8. verb To doctor or modify for deceptive purposes.

Similar words

topsail hook spanker shandy giff gaffman gaffsman clip gaff rig fishhook

Often followed by

and is in topsail of was or to on

Word family

gaffed gaffing gaffs

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