different between loaf vs jannock

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??f/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /lo?f/
• Rhymes: -??f

Etymology 1

From Middle English lof, laf, from Old English hl?f (“loaf, cake, bread, food, sacramental bread”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaib, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread, loaf”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English hlifian (“to stand out prominently, tower up”). Cognate with Scots laif (“loaf”), German Laib (“loaf”), Swedish lev (“loaf”), Russian ???? (xleb, “bread, loaf”).

Noun

loaf (plural loaves)

2. (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
3. Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.

   • sugar-loaf

4. (Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf).
5. A solid block of soap, from which standard bars are cut.

Synonyms

• (head, all slang): bonce, noddle, nut

Derived terms

Translations

References

• (soap) Miller, J.L. "Customers believe in downstate Soap Fairy", The News Journal, B10, January 10, 2006.

Etymology 2

Probably a back-formation from loafer.

Verb

loaf (third-person singular simple present loafs, present participle loafing, simple past and past participle loafed)

1. (intransitive) To do nothing, to be idle.

   loaf about, loaf around.

   • 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)[1]

     They don’t (often) kill other animals, they probably form monogamous pairs, and we know they share parental care of chicks, and loaf and bathe in large, congenial groups.

2. (Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread)

Synonyms

• idle, laze, lounge

Translations

Anagrams

• AFOL, Olaf, foal

English

Adjective

jannock (comparative more jannock, superlative most jannock)

1. (Northern England) Pleasant, outspoken, honest, genuine, straightforward, or generous.

Noun

jannock (plural jannocks)

1. (Northern England) A small oatmeal loaf.

References

• Concise Oxford Dictionary of current English OUP 1964
• OED 2nd edition 1989