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[ guhff ] / gʌff / SEE SYNONYMS FOR guff ON THESAURUS.COM
noun Informal.empty or foolish talk; nonsense. insolent talk. Origin of guffFirst recorded in 1815–25; perhaps imitative Words nearby guffguest worker, Gueux, Guevara, Guevara, Ernesto “Che”, Guevarist, guff, guffaw, GUGB, Guggenheim, Guggenheim Museum, guggle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for guff(Branch) Rickey selected Jackie because he knew he could withstand the guff. Playing Pinochle and Breaking Barriers With Jackie Robinson|Evan Weiner|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Gave him a lot of guff about our being Brothers in the cause, and all that. The Khaki Boys at Camp Sterling|Josephine Chase But there are things in it that are just guff, Henry, just guff. Changing Winds|St. John G. Ervine I know I ought to hand you some guff, now, as propitiation and apology for these reproaches, but on the whole I believe I won't. The Letters Of Mark Twain, Volume 5, 1901-1906|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Taffy, guff and oxaline are all well and good in their way, but they have the great disadvantage of not being legal tender. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)|Elbert Hubbard Was love really what it was cracked up to be, or had the novelists handed us guff?
British Dictionary definitions for guff
nounslang ridiculous or insolent talk Word Origin for guffC19: imitative of empty talk; compare dialect Norwegian gufs puff of wind Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to guffhogwash, crap, rubbish, garbage, bunk, baloney, hooey, foolishness, drivel, poppycock, bull, bunkum, flapdoodle |