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Cosa (chi) è Gaff - definizione
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Gaff (disambiguation)
gaff
n. (slang) (BE) to blow the gaff ('to reveal a secret')
gaff
gaff1
¦ noun
1. a stick with a hook or barbed spear, for landing large fish.
2. Sailing a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent.
¦ verb seize or impale with a gaff.
Origin
ME: from Provencal gaf 'hook'; related to gaffe.
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gaff2
¦ noun (in phr. blow the gaff) Brit. informal reveal a plot or secret.
Origin
C19: of unknown origin.
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gaff3
¦ noun Brit. informal a person's house, flat, or shop.
Origin
1930s: of unknown origin.
gaff
(gaffs)
1.
On a boat, a gaff is a pole which is attached to a mast in order to support a particular kind of sail.
N-COUNT: oft N n
2.
A gaff is a pole with a point or hook at one end, which is used for catching large fish.
N-COUNT
3.
see also gaffe
Esempi dal corpus di testo per Gaff
1. This night‘s fight in Holden is a Three–Cock Gaff Derby.
2. But why blow the gaff now, after two episodes of a six–part series?
3. She waited until 4am to move her stuff from Camden into the new gaff at the start of December.
4. Onlookers tried to keep straight faces but Kylie lightened the mood by laughing off the gaff and the ceremony carried on.
5. After the other has blown the gaff in the dock, refusing to keep silence and defiantly fingering the guilty, he is beaten to a pulp outside the court by his former mates.