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Meaning of goff | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A fool; a clown.
    obsolete
  3. Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).
  4. A minor city in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States.

Equivalents

Português goff

Examples

“Forester soon took an aversion to the game of goff, and recollected Scotch reels with less contempt.”
“He calls the bishop Grey-beard Goff, And makes his power a mere scoff.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

goffel goffer gofferer goffering Goffin Goffin's cockatoo

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