different between fuff vs guff

English

Etymology

Imitative. Compare puff.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?f

Verb

fuff (third-person singular simple present fuffs, present participle fuffing, simple past and past participle fuffed)

1. (dialect, transitive, intransitive) To puff.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Noun

fuff (plural fuffs)

1. (dialect) A puff.
2. (dialect) The spitting of a cat.
3. (dialect) A burst of anger.

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• enPR: g?f, IPA^(key): /??f/
• Rhymes: -?f

Noun

guff (countable and uncountable, plural guffs)

1. (informal, uncountable) Nonsensical talk or thinking.
2. (informal, uncountable) Superfluous information.
3. (informal, uncountable) Insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks.
4. (slang, countable) A fart; act of breaking wind.

Synonyms

• (nonsensical talk or thinking): balls, bull, bulldust, bullshit, crap, nonsense, rubbish, tripe
• (insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks): brass neck, cheek, impudence, insolence, lip

Translations

Verb

guff (third-person singular simple present guffs, present participle guffing, simple past and past participle guffed)

1. (slang) To fart.
2. (slang) To mislead.
   • 1955, Rex Stout, "The Next Witness", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 14:

     "Let me see if I get you. You can't bear to help convict Ashe of murder because you doubt if he's guilty, so you're scooting. Right?"

     […] "That's close enough," Wolfe said.

     "Not close enough for me. If you expect me to […] invite a stiff fine for running out on a subpoena […] , don't try to guff me. Say we doubt if Ashe is guilty, but we think he may get tagged because we know Mandelbaum wouldn't go to trial without a good case. Say also our bank account needs a shot in the arm, which is true. So we decide to see if we can […] "

Synonyms

• (break wind): See also Thesaurus:flatulate
• (mislead): To bullshit

Translations