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— English words —

• gaff n. A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large…
• gaff n. A minor error or faux pas, a gaffe.
• gaff n. A trick or con.
• gaff n. (Nautical) The upper spar used to control a gaff-rigged sail.
• gaff n. (LGBT) A type of tight, panty-like underwear worn to hold the male genitalia tucked backwards and make…
• gaff v. To use a gaff, especially to land a fish.
• gaff v. To cheat or hoax.
• gaff v. (Transitive) To doctor or modify for deceptive purposes.
• gaff v. (Slang) To gamble.
• gaff v. (Transitive, informal) To affix gaffer tape to, or cover with gaffer tape.
• gaff n. Rough or harsh treatment; criticism.
• gaff n. (Dated) An outcry; nonsense.
• gaff n. (Ireland; Britain, especially Manchester, Cockney and Glaswegian; slang) A place of residence.
• gaff n. (UK, slang, dated) A disreputable, low-end theatre.
• gaff n. (Informal, uncountable) Clipping of gaffer tape.
• Gaff prop.n. A surname.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• gaff n. (Scheepvaart) gaffel.
• gaff n. Blunder, misstap.

— English word, defined in French —

• gaff n. Variante orthographique de gaffe.

— In German —

• gaff V. 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gaffen.

88 English words from 16 English definitions

affix A␣minor and backwards Britain cheat Clipping Cockney con consisting consisting␣of control cover criticism dated deceptive disreputable doctor end error especially faux faux␣pas fish for gaff gaffe gaffer gaffer␣tape gamble genitalia Glaswegian handle harsh hoax hold hook informal Ireland land large LGBT like low low-end make male Manchester metal minor modify Nautical nonsense of␣a one outcry panty pas place pole pull purposes residence rigged Rough sail slang spar surname tape the theatre the␣one tight tool Transitive treatment trick tucked type uncountable underwear upper use used used␣to with worn

6 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Blunder des gaffe Person Singular Verbs

9 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Aktiv gaffel gaffen Imperativ misstap orthographique Präsens Scheepvaart Variante

44 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

gaffa gaffe gaffs Gaffs gaffas gaffed gaffer Gaffer gaffes Gaffey gaffle gaffers Gaffeys gaffing gaffled gaffles gaffman gaffmen Gaffney Gafford gaff␣rig gaffings gaffling Gaffneys Gaffords gaff␣rigs gaffsail gaff␣sail gaffsman gaffsmen gaff␣tape gaffkemia gaffsails gaff␣sails gaffer␣grip gaffer␣tape gaffkaemia gaffrigger gaffer␣grips gaffer␣tapes gaffriggers gaff-topsail Gaff␣Topsail gaff-topsails

7 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

penny␣gaffe penny␣gaffs monkey␣gaffs penny␣gaffes shandygaffs Kinsley␣gaffe Kinsley␣gaffes

9 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

LIGAFF DILLIGAFF penny-gaff penny␣gaff monkey␣gaff shandygaff tip␣the␣gaff blow␣the␣gaff all␣over␣the␣gaff

4 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

aff AFF aff. gaf

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

fag -fag FFA

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

aff'g

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

gaffa gaffe gaffs Gaffs gnaff graff Graff

10 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

aff AFF aff. Afg. fag -fag FFA FGF gaf GFA

22 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

baff caff daff faff GAFB gafs gawf goff Goff guff laff maff naff Naff Paff raff Raff taff Taff waff WAFF yaff

4 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

aff AFF aff. gaf

3 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

gnaff graff Graff

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