gaff
noun /ɡæf/
/ɡæf/
Idioms - a stick with a hook (= a curved piece of metal) on the end used to pull large fish out of the water
- (British English, slang) the house, flat, etc. where somebody lives
Word Originsense 1 Middle English: from Provençal gaf ‘hook’; related to gaffe. sense 2 1930s: of unknown origin.
Idioms
blow the gaff (on somebody/something)
- (British English, informal) to tell something secret, especially by mistake