The word is in the Wiktionary10 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)— English words —- gaffle n. (Obsolete) A lever used to bend a crossbow.
- gaffle n. A steel spur attached to a gamecock (sometimes used figuratively).
- gaffle n. (Historical, weaponry) A portable fork of iron or wood in which the heavy musket formerly in use was…
- gaffle v. To equip with a gaffle or similar weapon.
- gaffle v. To grab or seize.
- gaffle v. To get hold of, to find.
- gaffle v. To arrest for criminal activity.
- gaffle v. To steal.
- gaffle v. To swindle or bully (someone).
- gaffle v. To talk without a purpose, usually about inane or pointless topics; to babble.
54 English words from 10 English definitionsabout activity arrest attached babble bend bully criminal crossbow equip figuratively find for fork formerly gaffle gamecock get get␣hold␣of grab heavy Historical hold inane in␣use iron lever musket Obsolete pointless portable purpose seize similar someone sometimes spur steal steel swindle talk the topics use used used␣to usually was weapon weaponry which with without wood 2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)gaffled gaffles 8 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)aff AFF aff. FFL FLE gaf gaff Gaff 6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)elf ELF fag -fag FFA LFF 5 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)figleaf fig-leaf fig␣leaf gaffled gaffles One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)gaffe 10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)baffle faffle giffle haffle jaffle kaffle maffle raffle waffle yaffle One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)gaffe
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