Meaning of boff | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A big laugh.
   slang
2. A pupil who works hard; a swot.
   derogatory, slang
3. A hit or smack.
   slang
4. A line in a film etc that elicits such a laugh.
   slang
5. A great success; a hit.
   slang

Examples

“[Churchy, directing a comedy:] All right, Albert, here's your boff gag... You say, "What's that in the road a-head?" [Albert, actually seeing one:] A head! A head in the road! [Churchy... eventually seeing it:] Stop clownin'... This sure-fire joke is serious—you got the line all... wrong?”

“I am paying no attention to them, because they are drinking local ale, and talking loud, and long ago I learn that when a Boston character is engaged in aleing himself up, it is a good idea to let him alone, because the best you can get out of him is maybe a boff on the beezer.”

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