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wuff
English
Pronunciation
Noun
wuff (plural wuffs)
- Alternative form of woof (“dog's bark”)
- (slang, endearing) A wolf.
Verb
wuff (third-person singular simple present wuffs, present participle wuffing, simple past and past participle wuffed)
- Alternative form of woof (“to bark”)
German
Interjection
wuff
- woof
Synonyms
- wau
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guff
English
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- enPR: g?f, IPA(key): /??f/
- Rhymes: -?f
Noun
guff (countable and uncountable, plural guffs)
- (informal, uncountable) Nonsensical talk or thinking.
- (informal, uncountable) Superfluous information.
- (informal, uncountable) Insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks.
- (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)
- (slang) To fart.
- (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 […] "
- 1955, Rex Stout, "The Next Witness", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ?ISBN, page 14:
Synonyms
- (break wind): See also Thesaurus:flatulate
- (mislead): To bullshit
Translations
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