different between baff vs taff
baff
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæf/
- Rhymes: -æf
Etymology 1
From Middle English baffen (“to bark”). Cognate with Dutch baffen (“to bark”), Low German baffen (“to bark”), German baffen, bäfzen (“to bark”), Danish bjæffe (“to yelp”), Swedish bjäbba (“to yelp, bark”). Compare buff, yaff.
Verb
baff (third-person singular simple present baffs, present participle baffing, simple past and past participle baffed)
- (intransitive, archaic) To bark; yelp.
Etymology 2
Probably from Scots baff, beff, bauf, probably from West Flemish baf, baffe (“a blow, slap in the face”). Compare also Old French baffe (“slap in the face”) (Modern French baffe), of imitative origin.
Verb
baff (third-person singular simple present baffs, present participle baffing, simple past and past participle baffed)
- To hit or strike, especially with something flat or soft.
- (golf) To strike the ground with the bottom of the club when taking a stroke.
Derived terms
- baffed out
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
baff (uncountable)
- (Tyneside) blank (Can we add an example for this sense?)
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
German
Etymology
Onomatopoeic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baf/
Adjective
baff (not comparable)
- (colloquial, chiefly predicative) flabbergasted
Declension
Further reading
- “baff” in Duden online
baff From the web:
- what baffled means
- what baffles me
- what baffled military leaders
- what baffles you
- what baffling rant
- what baffling things make
- what baffle does mean
- what baffin boots are waterproof
taff
English
Etymology
Shortened from Taffy, from Welsh Dafydd (“David”).
Pronunciation
Noun
taff (plural taffs)
- (slang) A Welshman.
Anagrams
- FATF, FTFA
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taf/
- Rhymes: -af
Noun
taff m (plural taffs)
- (slang) Alternative form of taf
German
Alternative forms
- tough
Etymology
Originally from Yiddish ????? (tof), from Hebrew ????? (tov, “good”). Modern usage is from English tough, influenced by preexisting German tapfer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taf/
Adjective
taff (comparative taffer, superlative am taffsten)
- (colloquial) tough; robust; assertive and not overly sensitive
- Enrique Iglesias über seine Lebensgefährtin: “Ich wünschte, ich wäre nur halb so taff und kämpferisch.”
Declension
taff From the web:
- what taff means
- what's taffy made out of
- what's taffeta fabric
- what taffy stole
- what's taffy made of
- what taffy mean
- what taffeta mean
- what taffel means