biffv.

Brit.

/bɪf/, U.S.

/bɪf/

Etymology: Imitative.

slang.

a. To hit, strike. Also to biff (a person) one.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > specific animate object

drepeOE

smitec1200

buffet?c1225

strike1377

rapa1400

seta1400

frontc1400

ballc1450

throw1488

to bear (a person) a blow1530

fetch1556

douse1559

knetcha1564

slat1577

to hit any one a blow1597

wherret1599

alapate1609

shock1614

baske1642

measure1652

plump1785

jow1802

nobble1841

scuff1841

clump1864

bust1873

plonk1874

to sock it to1877

dot1881

biff1888

dong1889

slosh1890

to soak it to1892

to cop (a person) one1898

poke1906

to hang one on1908

bop1931

clonk1949

1888 Judy 18 Jan. 27 He playfully biffed him with a brick.

1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 78 Ef we all biffed you now, these same men..'u'd call us off.

1903 S. Clapin New Dict. Amer. 50 Bif, biff, bift, current in several parts of the States in sense of to strike, and especially to give a quick blow. ‘He biffed him on the ear.’

1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock i. 19 If she had biffed me one it would have been all right.

1924 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 60/2 I gave Tim one between the eyes and I biffed his brother in the block.

1950 A. Baron There's No Home 181 Where'd you get that bruise on your forehead? Girl friend been biffing you with the old rolling pin?

b. figurative. To deal a blow to, to refute, to ‘stump’ (see also quot. 1895).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass or beat

whip1571

overmaster1627

to give (one) fifteen and a bisque1664

to beat (all) to nothing1768

beatc1800

bang1808

to beat (also knock) all to sticks1820

floga1841

to beat (a person, a thing) into fits1841

to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849

to knock (the) spots off1850

lick1890

biff1895

to give a stone and a beating to1906

to knock into a cocked hat1965

the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse

checkmatea1400

stalec1470

set1577

stallc1591

embog1602

nonplus1605

stalemate1765

stump1807

pound1827

to stick up1853

snooker1889

stymie1902

biff1915

dead-end1921

1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 60 Biff, to refuse; to repulse; to slight.

1914 T. E. Lawrence Let. June (1938) 174 To biff that, Woolley & I walked over next day to Mesopotamia.

1915 C. Mackenzie Guy & Pauline v. 263 ‘Oh, it's in old French, is it?’ said Brydone in a disappointed voice. ‘That would biff me.’ A silence fell upon the room, a silence that seemed to symbolize the ‘biffing’ of the doctor's son by old French.

c. To throw. Also intransitive. Australian and New Zealand.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)]

warpc888

torvec1000

castc1230

slingc1290

forthcasta1300

throwc1300

lancec1330

pitchc1380

slentc1380

glenta1400

launcha1400

routc1400

waltc1400

flingc1420

jeta1450

vire1487

ajet1490

hurl1563

toss1570

kest1590

picka1600

peck1611

jaculate1623

conject1625

elance1718

squail1876

tipple1887

bish1940

biff1941

slap1957

welly1986

the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (intransitive)]

throwc1330

pickc1487

hurl1530

fling1684

aim1884

biff1964

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 9 Biff, to throw.

1964 N.Z. Listener 1 May 4/2 ‘All I can do is biff.’ ‘Then just biff—as hard as you can. You're a natural [at putting the shot].’

2. intransitive. To go, proceed. Esp. with off, to leave, depart.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > [verb (intransitive)]

nimeOE

becomec885

teec888

goeOE

i-goc900

lithec900

wendeOE

i-farec950

yongc950

to wend one's streetOE

fare971

i-wende971

shakeOE

winda1000

meteOE

wendOE

strikec1175

seekc1200

wevec1200

drawa1225

stira1225

glidea1275

kenc1275

movec1275

teemc1275

tightc1275

till1297

chevec1300

strake13..

travelc1300

choosec1320

to choose one's gatea1325

journeyc1330

reachc1330

repairc1330

wisec1330

cairc1340

covera1375

dressa1375

passa1375

tenda1375

puta1382

proceedc1392

doa1400

fanda1400

haunta1400

snya1400

take?a1400

thrilla1400

trace?a1400

trinea1400

fangc1400

to make (also have) resortc1425

to make one's repair (to)c1425

resort1429

ayrec1440

havea1450

speer?c1450

rokec1475

wina1500

hent1508

persevere?1521

pursuec1540

rechec1540

yede1563

bing1567

march1568

to go one's ways1581

groyl1582

yode1587

sally1590

track1590

way1596

frame1609

trickle1629

recur1654

wag1684

fadge1694

haul1802

hike1809

to get around1849

riddle1856

bat1867

biff1923

truck1925

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

atwendOE

awayOE

to wend awayOE

awendOE

gangOE

rimeOE

flitc1175

to fare forthc1200

depart?c1225

part?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

biwitec1300

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to draw awayc1330

passc1330

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

voidc1374

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

waive1390

to pass out ofa1398

avoida1400

to pass awaya1400

to turn awaya1400

slakec1400

wagc1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

muck1429

packc1450

recede1450

roomc1450

to show (a person) the feetc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

devoidc1485

rebatea1500

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

to go one's ways1530

retire?1543

avaunt1549

to make out1558

trudge1562

vade?1570

fly1581

leave1593

wag1594

to get off1595

to go off1600

to put off1600

shog1600

troop1600

to forsake patch1602

exit1607

hence1614

to give offa1616

to take off1657

to move off1692

to cut (also slip) the painter1699

sheera1704

to go about one's business1749

mizzle1772

to move out1792

transit1797–1803

stump it1803

to run away1809

quit1811

to clear off1816

to clear out1816

nash1819

fuff1822

to make (take) tracks (for)1824

mosey1829

slope1830

to tail out1830

to walk one's chalks1835

to take away1838

shove1844

trot1847

fade1848

evacuate1849

shag1851

to get up and get1854

to pull out1855

to cut (the) cable(s)1859

to light out1859

to pick up1872

to sling one's Daniel or hook1873

to sling (also take) one's hook1874

smoke1893

screw1896

shoot1897

voetsak1897

to tootle off1902

to ship out1908

to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909

to push off1918

to bugger off1922

biff1923

to fuck off1929

to hit, split or take the breeze1931

to jack off1931

to piss offa1935

to do a mick1937

to take a walk1937

to head off1941

to take a hike1944

moulder1945

to chuff off1947

to get lost1947

to shoot through1947

skidoo1949

to sod off1950

peel1951

bug1952

split1954

poop1961

mugger1962

frig1965

1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves i. 9 Bingo biffs about London on a pretty comfortable allowance.

1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xv. 189 I can't go chucking all my engagements..in order to biff down to Twing.

1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking viii. 250 Biffed off a trifle abruptly.

3. The verb used adverbially with go, in the sense of ‘with a violent blow’. Cf. biff int.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly or violently

beatc885

pilta1200

smitec1300

dashc1305

pitchc1325

dushc1400

hitc1400

jouncec1440

hurl1470

swack1488

knock1530

jut1548

squat1587

bump1699

jowl1770

smash1835

lasha1851

ding1874

biff1904

wham1948

slam1973

1904 Daily Chron. 15 Dec. 4/7 There might go biff through the glass the occasional plank.

Derivatives

ˈbiffing n. the action of the verb biff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun]

buffetingc1240

dintc1330

smitingc1330

dentinga1398

wapping1398

strikingc1400

swippingc1420

dinginga1425

bobbing1526

swappingc1540

nicking1668

hitting1687

biffing1915

1894 R. Kipling in Cent. Mag. Dec. XLIX. 295/2 S'pose we want the Back Pasture turned into a biffin'-ground on our only day er rest?]

1915 [see sense 1b].

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xvii. 374 The miscreant receives..a..biffing.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	biff
释义	biffn. Forms: Also bif. Etymology: < biff v. slang. A blow, whack. Also figurative. Cf. baff n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow > specific on a person buffet?c1225 flatc1320 boxc1330 rapc1330 plaguea1382 puncha1450 buffc1475 jowl?1516 beff1768 funk1790 fib1814 cob1828 one1876 biff1889 clump1889 one in the eye1891 conk1898 fourpenny one1936 a sock in the eye1972 kennedy- 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Biff (Americanism), to give [one] a ‘biff in the jaw’. 1890 Dial. Notes 1 72 Bif,..oftenest used in such phrases as ‘to give one a biff in the ear’. 1904 W. H. Smith Promoters x. 165 What an idiot a man can be when he gets a biff that takes his wind. 1926 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 224/1 Contusions on top of head..biff on the — bruise on inside of knee. 1935 L. A. G. Strong Tuesday Afternoon 45 A biff that made him bite his tongue. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). biffv. Brit. /bɪf/, U.S. /bɪf/ Etymology: Imitative. slang. 1. a. To hit, strike. Also to biff (a person) one. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > specific animate object drepeOE smitec1200 buffet?c1225 strike1377 rapa1400 seta1400 frontc1400 ballc1450 throw1488 to bear (a person) a blow1530 fetch1556 douse1559 knetcha1564 slat1577 to hit any one a blow1597 wherret1599 alapate1609 shock1614 baske1642 measure1652 plump1785 jow1802 nobble1841 scuff1841 clump1864 bust1873 plonk1874 to sock it to1877 dot1881 biff1888 dong1889 slosh1890 to soak it to1892 to cop (a person) one1898 poke1906 to hang one on1908 bop1931 clonk1949 1888 Judy 18 Jan. 27 He playfully biffed him with a brick. 1898 R. Kipling Day's Work 78 Ef we all biffed you now, these same men..'u'd call us off. 1903 S. Clapin New Dict. Amer. 50 Bif, biff, bift, current in several parts of the States in sense of to strike, and especially to give a quick blow. ‘He biffed him on the ear.’ 1908 G. H. Lorimer Jack Spurlock i. 19 If she had biffed me one it would have been all right. 1924 Scribner's Mag. Jan. 60/2 I gave Tim one between the eyes and I biffed his brother in the block. 1950 A. Baron There's No Home 181 Where'd you get that bruise on your forehead? Girl friend been biffing you with the old rolling pin? b. figurative. To deal a blow to, to refute, to ‘stump’ (see also quot. 1895). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > surpass or beat whip1571 overmaster1627 to give (one) fifteen and a bisque1664 to beat (all) to nothing1768 beatc1800 bang1808 to beat (also knock) all to sticks1820 floga1841 to beat (a person, a thing) into fits1841 to beat a person at his (also her, etc.) own game1849 to knock (the) spots off1850 lick1890 biff1895 to give a stone and a beating to1906 to knock into a cocked hat1965 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > hinder completely or prevent [verb (transitive)] > bring to an impasse checkmatea1400 stalec1470 set1577 stallc1591 embog1602 nonplus1605 stalemate1765 stump1807 pound1827 to stick up1853 snooker1889 stymie1902 biff1915 dead-end1921 1895 W. C. Gore in Inlander Nov. 60 Biff, to refuse; to repulse; to slight. 1914 T. E. Lawrence Let. June (1938) 174 To biff that, Woolley & I walked over next day to Mesopotamia. 1915 C. Mackenzie Guy & Pauline v. 263 ‘Oh, it's in old French, is it?’ said Brydone in a disappointed voice. ‘That would biff me.’ A silence fell upon the room, a silence that seemed to symbolize the ‘biffing’ of the doctor's son by old French. c. To throw. Also intransitive. Australian and New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (transitive)] warpc888 torvec1000 castc1230 slingc1290 forthcasta1300 throwc1300 lancec1330 hit1362 pitchc1380 slentc1380 glenta1400 launcha1400 routc1400 waltc1400 flingc1420 jeta1450 vire1487 ajet1490 hurl1563 toss1570 kest1590 picka1600 peck1611 jaculate1623 conject1625 elance1718 squail1876 tipple1887 bish1940 biff1941 slap1957 welly1986 the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > throw [verb (intransitive)] throwc1330 pickc1487 hurl1530 fling1684 aim1884 biff1964 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 9 Biff, to throw. 1964 N.Z. Listener 1 May 4/2 ‘All I can do is biff.’ ‘Then just biff—as hard as you can. You're a natural [at putting the shot].’ 2. intransitive. To go, proceed. Esp. with off, to leave, depart. ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] nimeOE becomec885 teec888 goeOE i-goc900 lithec900 wendeOE i-farec950 yongc950 to wend one's streetOE fare971 i-wende971 shakeOE winda1000 meteOE wendOE strikec1175 seekc1200 wevec1200 drawa1225 stira1225 glidea1275 kenc1275 movec1275 teemc1275 tightc1275 till1297 chevec1300 strake13.. travelc1300 choosec1320 to choose one's gatea1325 journeyc1330 reachc1330 repairc1330 wisec1330 cairc1340 covera1375 dressa1375 passa1375 tenda1375 puta1382 proceedc1392 doa1400 fanda1400 haunta1400 snya1400 take?a1400 thrilla1400 trace?a1400 trinea1400 fangc1400 to make (also have) resortc1425 to make one's repair (to)c1425 resort1429 ayrec1440 havea1450 speer?c1450 rokec1475 wina1500 hent1508 persevere?1521 pursuec1540 rechec1540 yede1563 bing1567 march1568 to go one's ways1581 groyl1582 yode1587 sally1590 track1590 way1596 frame1609 trickle1629 recur1654 wag1684 fadge1694 haul1802 hike1809 to get around1849 riddle1856 bat1867 biff1923 truck1925 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves i. 9 Bingo biffs about London on a pretty comfortable allowance. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves xv. 189 I can't go chucking all my engagements..in order to biff down to Twing. 1929 P. G. Wodehouse Mr. Mulliner Speaking viii. 250 Biffed off a trifle abruptly. 3. The verb used adverbially with go, in the sense of ‘with a violent blow’. Cf. biff int. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly or violently beatc885 pilta1200 smitec1300 dashc1305 pitchc1325 dushc1400 hitc1400 jouncec1440 hurl1470 swack1488 knock1530 jut1548 squat1587 bump1699 jowl1770 smash1835 lasha1851 ding1874 biff1904 wham1948 slam1973 1904 Daily Chron. 15 Dec. 4/7 There might go biff through the glass the occasional plank. Derivatives ˈbiffing n. the action of the verb biff. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] buffetingc1240 dintc1330 smitingc1330 dentinga1398 wapping1398 strikingc1400 swippingc1420 dinginga1425 bobbing1526 swappingc1540 nicking1668 hitting1687 biffing1915 1894 R. Kipling in Cent. Mag. Dec. XLIX. 295/2 S'pose we want the Back Pasture turned into a biffin'-ground on our only day er rest?] 1915 [see sense 1b]. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren xvii. 374 The miscreant receives..a..biffing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). biffint. Forms: 1800s– biff, 1900s bif. Etymology: Imitative. Originally U.S. An exclamation uttered when something strikes an object, or a sound imitative of such a blow. Cf. biff v. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [interjection] swack1673 paff1800 biff1843 plunk1876 pow1881 thunk1952 the world > movement > impact > striking > [interjection] > said to accompany a blow biff1843 1843 J. S. Robb Streaks Squatter Life 137 I hit him, biff, alongside of his smeller. 1905 H. G. Wells Kipps i. iv. §1 When I go to turn, if I don't remember, Bif!—and I'm in to something. 1917 H. A. Vachell Fishpingle xi Hamlin bowled straight and true for the middle stump. The youth smote and missed. ‘Bif!’ yelled Lionel. a1930 D. H. Lawrence Mod. Lover (1934) 170 He..took the poker with satisfaction. Biff! A well-aimed blow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1889v.1888int.1843
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biffn.

biffv.

Derivatives

biffint.