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gaff
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æf/
- Rhymes: -æf
Etymology 1
From Middle English gaffe, from Old French gaffe, from Old Occitan gaf (“hook”), derivative of gafar (“to seize”), from Gothic ????????????????- (gaff-) derived from ???????????????????? (giban, “to give”). Doublet of gaffe.
Noun
gaff (countable and uncountable, plural gaffs)
- A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
- Synonym: hakapik
- 1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod: a Biography of the Fish That Changed the World:
- When Leonard finally hauls up a cod of seventy-five centimeters, probably seven years old, a typical catch ten years ago, they all joke, "Oh my God, get the gaff!"
- A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe.
- A trick or con.
- (nautical) The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.
- A garment worn to hide the genitals.
- (informal, uncountable) Clipping of gaffer tape.
Translations
Verb
gaff (third-person singular simple present gaffs, present participle gaffing, simple past and past participle gaffed)
- To use a gaff, especially to land a fish.
- To cheat or hoax.
- (transitive) To doctor or modify for deceptive purposes.
- 1993, Betty Lou Wolfe, ?Marian Jean Gray, The Way We Were: Reflections from the 1930's (page 23)
- When the operator began losing, he gaffed the wheel and then the patron had no chance to win. With his secret device an experienced grifter could stop the wheel at will on any number.
- 1977, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (volume 46, issue 9, page 8)
- However, this apathy will quickly disappear if it is learned the friendly game involves marked (gaffed) cards.
- 1989, Penn & Teller's Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends (page 96)
- You will be using gaffed cards: a double faced card.
- 1993, Betty Lou Wolfe, ?Marian Jean Gray, The Way We Were: Reflections from the 1930's (page 23)
- (slang) To gamble.
- (transitive, informal) To affix gaffer tape to, or cover with gaffer tape.
Translations
Derived terms
- gaffer
Etymology 2
Perhaps from Old English gafspr?c (“buffoonery, scurrility; blasphemous or ribald speech”), from Old English gaf (“base, vile, lewd”) + Old English spr?c (“language, speech, talk”)
Noun
gaff
- Rough or harsh treatment; criticism.
- (dated) An outcry; nonsense.
Derived terms
- blow the gaff
Etymology 3
Unknown. Possibly from Etymology 1, via a sense of “a place that will be robbed” in criminal argot; possibly from Etymology 2, via a sense of "cheap theatre"; possibly from Romani gav (“village”) (whence German Kaff (“village”)).
Alternative forms
- gaf
Noun
gaff (plural gaffs)
- (Britain, especially Manchester and Cockney, Ireland, slang, Glaswegian) A place of residence.
- We're going round to Mike's gaff later to watch the footie.
Anagrams
- aff'g
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boom
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: boo?m
- (UK) IPA(key): /bu?m/
- (US) IPA(key): /bum/
- Rhymes: -u?m
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic, perhaps borrowed; compare German bummen, Dutch bommen (“to hum, buzz”).
Verb
boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
- To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- (transitive, figuratively, of speech) To exclaim with force, to shout, to thunder.
- Of a Eurasian bittern, to make its deep, resonant territorial vocalisation.
- (transitive) To make something boom.
- (slang, US, obsolete) To publicly praise.
- 1922, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge
- If you pull this off every paper in England and America will be booming you.
- 1922, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Problem of Thor Bridge
- To rush with violence and noise, as a ship under a press of sail, before a free wind.
- 1841, Benjamin Totten, Naval Text-book and Dictionary […]
- She comes booming down before it.
- 1841, Benjamin Totten, Naval Text-book and Dictionary […]
Derived terms
- boom box
- boom-boom
- sonic boom
Translations
Noun
boom (plural booms)
- A low-pitched, resonant sound, such as of an explosion.
- A rapid expansion or increase.
- One of the calls of certain monkeys or birds.
- 1990, Mark A. Berkley, William C. Stebbins, Comparative Perception
- Interestingly, the blue monkey's boom and pyow calls are both long-distance signals (Brown, 1989), yet the two calls differ in respect to their susceptibility to habitat-induced degradation.
- 1990, Mark A. Berkley, William C. Stebbins, Comparative Perception
Translations
Interjection
boom
- Used to suggest the sound of an explosion.
- Used to suggest something happening suddenly and unexpectedly.
- 1993, Vibe (volume 1, number 2)
- So we went around the corner, looked in the garbage, and, boom, there's about 16 of the tapes he didn't like!
- 2013, Peter Westoby, Gerard Dowling, Theory and Practice of Dialogical Community Development
- Hostile race relations and chronic unemployment are ignored in the suburbs of Paris, London and Sydney, and boom! there are riots.
- 1993, Vibe (volume 1, number 2)
Derived terms
- sis boom bah
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch boom (“tree; pole”). Doublet of beam.
Noun
boom (plural booms)
- (nautical) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.
- A movable pole used to support a microphone or camera.
- (by extension) A microphone supported on such a pole.
- A horizontal member of a crane or derrick, used for lifting.
- (electronics) The longest element of a Yagi antenna, on which the other, smaller ones are transversally mounted.
- A floating barrier used to obstruct navigation, for military or other purposes; or used for the containment of an oil spill or to control the flow of logs from logging operations.
- A wishbone-shaped piece of windsurfing equipment.
- The section of the arm on a backhoe closest to the tractor.
- A gymnastics apparatus similar to a balance beam.
Derived terms
- boomhouse
- boomstick
Related terms
- (nautical): buoy, cathead
- crane
Translations
Verb
boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
- To extend, or push, with a boom or pole.
- (usually with "up" or "down") To raise or lower with a crane boom.
Etymology 3
Perhaps a figurative development of Etymology 1, above.
Noun
boom (plural booms)
- (economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.
Antonyms
- (period of prosperity): recession
Descendants
- ? German: Boom
- Indonesian: bum
- ? Japanese: ??? (b?mu)
- ? Polish: boom
Translations
Verb
boom (third-person singular simple present booms, present participle booming, simple past and past participle boomed)
- (intransitive) To flourish, grow, or progress.
- Synonyms: flourish, prosper
- (transitive, dated) To cause to advance rapidly in price.
Derived terms
- boom town
Translations
Anagrams
- MOBO, mobo, moob
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch boom, from Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch b?m, boum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??m/
Noun
boom (plural bome, diminutive boompie)
- tree
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bôom, from Old Dutch b?m, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *baumaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bo?m/
- Hyphenation: boom
- Rhymes: -o?m
Noun
boom m (plural bomen, diminutive boompje n)
- tree
- any solid, pole-shaped, usually wooden object
- beam
- mast
- Synonym: mast
- boom
- Synonym: giek
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: boom
- ? English: boom
- ? Indonesian: bom (“tree, pole”), bum
- ? Sranan Tongo: bon
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English boom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu?m/
- Hyphenation: boom
Noun
boom m (plural booms, diminutive boompje n)
- boom, as in a market explosion
Derived terms
- babyboom
- boomer
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
See also
- boom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Boom in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
French
Alternative forms
- boum
Etymology
Borrowed from English boom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bum/
Noun
boom m (plural booms)
- boom (dramatically fast increase)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English boom, from Dutch boom - see above.
Noun
boom m (invariable)
- A boom (sound)
- A boom, rapid expansion
- A boom (crane)
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch b?m, from Proto-West Germanic *baum.
Noun
bôom m
- tree
- beam, pole
- boom barrier
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
- Dutch: boom
- Limburgish: boum
Further reading
- “boom”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “boom (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I
Polish
Etymology
From English boom.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bum/
Noun
boom m inan
- (economics, business) boom (period of prosperity)
- boom (rapid expansion or increase)
Declension
Further reading
- boom in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- boom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English boom.
Noun
boom m (plural booms)
- (economics, business) boom (period of prosperity)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English boom.
Noun
boom m (plural booms)
- boom (period of prosperity or high market activity)
See also
- bum
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