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24 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• gaffer n. (Film) A chief lighting technician for a motion-picture or television production.
• gaffer n. A glassblower.
• gaffer n. (Colloquial) An old man.
• gaffer n. (Britain, informal) The leader of a group or team, such as a boss, foreman, coach, publican.
• gaffer n. A sailor.
• gaffer n. (Canada) The baby in the house.
• Gaffer prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Norman
  • gaffer v. (Jersey) to grasp.
• Welsh
  • gaffer v. Soft mutation of caffer.

— English words, defined in German —

• gaffer S. Britisch, umgangssprachlich: die Person, die das Sagen hat; der Boss, Chef.
• gaffer S. Britisch, umgangssprachlich: alter Mann.

— English words, defined in French —

• gaffer n. (Cinéma, Télévision) Éclairagiste.
• gaffer n. (Royaume-Uni) Contre-maître.
• gaffer n. (Royaume-Uni) Chef.
• gaffer n. (Familier) Vieil homme, vieux bonhomme.

— In German —

• Gaffer S. Umgangssprachlich: jemand, der spektakulären und katastrophalen…
• Gaffer S. Film: Leiter der Beleuchter am Set.

— In Dutch —

• gaffer n. (Beroep) term uit de filmwereld voor (hoofd-)belichter, licht…

— In French —

• gaffer v. Accrocher quelque chose avec une gaffe.
• gaffer v. Mettre du gaffer sur quelque chose.
• gaffer v. (Intransitif) (Sens figuré) (Familier) Commettre une gaffe…
• gaffer v. (Familier) Remarquer, faire attention, prendre garde, faire gaffe.
• gaffer v. Regarder.
• gaffer n.m. Ruban adhésif large et particulièrement résistant, généralement…

40 English words from 9 English definitions

baby boss Britain caffer Canada chief coach Colloquial Film for foreman glassblower grasp group house informal in␣the␣house Jersey leader lighting man motion motion␣picture mutation of␣a old old␣man picture production publican sailor Soft Soft␣mutation such such␣as surname team technician television the

23 English words from 15 foreign definitions

alter attention Boss Chef chose das der die faire Film gaffe gaffer garde hat large Mann Person Regarder Sens Set term und Uni

50 foreign words from 15 foreign definitions

Accrocher adhésif avec Beleuchter belichter Beroep bonhomme Britisch Cinéma Commettre Contre Contre-maître Éclairagiste faire␣attention faire␣gaffe Familier figuré filmwereld généralement homme hoofd Intransitif jemand katastrophalen Leiter licht maître Mettre particulièrement prendre prendre␣garde quelque quelque␣chose Remarquer résistant Royaume Royaume-Uni Ruban Ruban␣adhésif Sagen Sens␣figuré spektakulären sur Télévision uit umgangssprachlich une Vieil vieux voor

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

gaffers gaffer␣grip gaffer␣tape gaffer␣grips gaffer␣tapes

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

aff AFF aff. fer FER f***er gaf gaff Gaff gaffe

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

eff EFF fag -fag FFA ref Ref REF Ref. Reff

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

Graeff

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

agraffe engraff gaffers gauffer gauffre giraffe Graeffs graffed Graffeo graffer riffage ruffage

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

Effra Fager gaffe Graef Grafe graff Graff raffe

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

caffer gaffed gaffes Gaffey goffer guffer Jaffer kaffer laffer Laffer naffer Saffer zaffer

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

gaffe

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

gauffer graffer

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