guff en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɡʊf/ (Northern-England)
- (Australia) audio
- /ɡʌf/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ɡɐf/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic. Compare Norwegian gufs (“puff of wind”), guffa (“to blow softly”).
Meanings
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(informal, uncountable) Nonsensical talk or thinking.
“… That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh.[…]If she had her way, she’d ruin the company inside a year with her hare-brained schemes ; love of the people, and that sort of guff.”
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- (informal, uncountable) Superfluous information.
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(informal, uncountable) Insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks.
“Oh, my God. Did-did you guys kill him?” “No! No one murdered him” “No! What... He was just...” “We found him in there.” “(laughs) I'm just giving you guff. And, uh, just so you know, I am feeding on you guys right now.”
2019 May 8, Jemaine Clement, “The Trial” (2:53 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 1, episode 7, spoken by Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch):
- (countable, slang) A fart; act of breaking wind.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| guffs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
cheek (insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks) · crap (nonsensical talk or thinking) · bulldust (nonsensical talk or thinking) · nonsense (nonsensical talk or thinking) · balls (nonsensical talk or thinking) · bull (nonsensical talk or thinking) · rubbish (nonsensical talk or thinking) · bullshit (nonsensical talk or thinking) · insolence (insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks) · brass neck (insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks) · tripe (nonsensical talk or thinking) · impudence (insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks) · lip (insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks)
Translations (23)
de Unsinn (nonsensical talk or thinking) · es bobada (nonsensical talk or thinking) · nl pesterij (insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks) · de Kappes (nonsensical talk or thinking) · de Nonsens (nonsensical talk or thinking) · de Schmarren (nonsensical talk or thinking) · nl steek (insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks) · es pendejadas (nonsensical talk or thinking) · de Quark (nonsensical talk or thinking) · nl zever (nonsensical talk or thinking) · es huevada (nonsensical talk or thinking) · de Käse (nonsensical talk or thinking) · nl nonsens (nonsensical talk or thinking) · es tontería (nonsensical talk or thinking) · fr foutaises (nonsensical talk or thinking) · es chorradas (nonsensical talk or thinking) · es boludez (nonsensical talk or thinking) · de Blödsinn (nonsensical talk or thinking) · es paparruchas (nonsensical talk or thinking) · de Stuss (nonsensical talk or thinking) · bg глупости (nonsensical talk or thinking) · de Quatsch (nonsensical talk or thinking) · de Mumpitz (nonsensical talk or thinking)