different between boff vs baff

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /b?f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• bauf

Verb

boff (third-person singular simple present boffs, present participle boffing, simple past and past participle boffed)

1. (slang) to have sexual intercourse (with someone)
   • 1982, Stephen King, The Raft

     Deke and LaVerne could go out to Cascade Lake together and plow the back forty all night; he would not be delighted with the knowledge that they were boffing each other's brains out, yet neither would he be surprised.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:copulate or Thesaurus:copulate with

Noun

boff (plural boffs)

1. (entertainment, slang) A big laugh.
2. (entertainment, slang) A line in a film etc that elicits such a laugh.
3. (entertainment, slang) A great success; a hit.

   Synonyms: boffo, clicko

Etymology 2

Shortened from boffin?

Noun

boff (plural boffs)

1. (slang, derogatory) A pupil who works hard; a swot.

Etymology 3

Imitative.

Verb

boff (third-person singular simple present boffs, present participle boffing, simple past and past participle boffed)

1. (slang, transitive) To hit; to strike.

Derived terms

• boffer

Noun

boff (plural boffs)

1. (slang) A hit or smack.
   • 1937, Damon Runyon, A Piece of Pie

     I am paying no attention to them, because they are drinking local ale, and talking loud, and long ago I learn that when a Boston character is engaged in aleing himself up, it is a good idea to let him alone, because the best you can get out of him is maybe a boff on the beezer.

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)

1. (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)

1. To hit or strike, especially with something flat or soft.
2. (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)

1. (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)

1. (colloquial, chiefly predicative) flabbergasted

Declension

Further reading

• “baff” in Duden online