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Is gaff a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gaff is a Scrabble US word. The word gaff is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

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Is gaff a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gaff is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

G2A1F4F4

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4-letter words (1 found)

GAFF,

3-letter words (2 found)

AFF,FAG,

2-letter words (2 found)

AG,FA,

You can make 5 words from gaff according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of gaff

gaff agff gfaf fgaf afgf fagf gaff agff gfaf fgaf afgf fagf gffa fgfa gffa fgfa ffga ffga affg fafg affg fafg ffag ffag

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word gaff. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in gaff.

Definitions and meaning of gaff

gaff

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡæf/
  • Rhymes: -æf
  • Homophone: gaffe

Etymology 1

From Middle English gaffe, from Old French gaffe, from Old Occitan gaf (“hook”), derivative of gafar (“to seize”), from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐍆- (gaff-) derived from 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (giban, “to give”). Doublet of gaffe.

The underwear sense apparently derives from the idea that the garment tricks or deceives others about the wearer's genitalia.

Noun

gaff (plural gaffs)

  1. 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
  2. A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe.
  3. A trick or con.
  4. (nautical) The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.
  5. (LGBT) A type of tight, panty-like underwear worn to hold the male genitalia tucked backwards and make one's genital region look smooth, as if one had a vulva.
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Verb

gaff (third-person singular simple present gaffs, present participle gaffing, simple past and past participle gaffed)

  1. To use a gaff, especially to land a fish.
  2. To cheat or hoax.
  3. (transitive) To doctor or modify for deceptive purposes.
  4. (slang, obsolete) To gamble, especially by tossing coins.
  5. (transitive, informal) To affix gaffer tape to, or cover with gaffer tape.
Derived terms
  • gaffer
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Etymology 2

Perhaps from Old English gafsprǣc (“buffoonery, scurrility; blasphemous or ribald speech”), from Old English gaf (“base, vile, lewd”) + Old English sprǣc (“language, speech, talk”). Compare Old English gafettung (“scoffing, mockery, derision”).

Noun

gaff

  1. Rough or harsh treatment; criticism.
  2. (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)

  1. (Ireland; British, especially Manchester, Cockney and Glaswegian; slang) A place of residence.
  2. (UK, slang, dated) A disreputable, low-end theatre.
    Hyponym: penny gaff

Etymology 4

Noun

gaff (uncountable)

  1. (informal, uncountable) Clipping of gaffer tape.

Anagrams

  • aff'g

Source: wiktionary.org