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gaffe
English
Alternative forms
- gaff
Etymology
From French gaffe (“blunder”). Doublet of gaff.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æf/
- Rhymes: -æf
Noun
gaffe (plural gaffes)
- A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.
- Synonyms: blooper, blunder, mistake, error, slip, slip-up; see also Thesaurus:error
Translations
See also
- malapropism
- Freudian slip
- Bushism
French
Etymology
From Old Occitan gaf (“clasp”), from Gothic ???????????????????? (gafah, “clasp”, noun), from ????????- (ga-, intensifier) + ???????????????????? (fahan, “to catch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?af/
- Rhymes: -af
Noun 1
gaffe f (plural gaffes)
- gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)
Derived terms
- faire gaffe
Descendants
- ? Portuguese: gafe
Noun 2
gaffe f (plural gaffes)
- (nautical) boathook
Further reading
- “gaffe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Verb
gaffe
- inflection of gaffen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Italian
Noun
gaffe f
- plural of gaffa
Noun
gaffe f (invariable)
- gaffe, blunder, boob
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guffaw
English
Etymology
Probably onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???f??/
- (US) IPA(key): /???f?/
- (AU/NZ) IPA(key): /???fo?/
- Rhymes: -??
Noun
guffaw (plural guffaws)
- A boisterous laugh.
- On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light; while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation.
- Synonym: belly laugh
Translations
Verb
guffaw (third-person singular simple present guffaws, present participle guffawing, simple past and past participle guffawed)
- (intransitive) To laugh boisterously.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:laugh
Translations
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