guff (noun)

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• guff — ► NOUN 1) informal trivial or worthless talk or ideas. 2) Scottish an unpleasant smell. ORIGIN imitative …   English terms dictionary

• guff — noun Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1888 1. nonsense, humbug 2. verbal abuse < doesn t take any guff > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• guff — [ gʌf ] noun uncount INFORMAL nonsense or talk that is meant to impress people but has little meaning …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• guff — noun (U) informal nonsense: Don t give me any of that guff …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• guff — noun 1》 informal trivial or worthless talk or ideas. 2》 Scottish an unpleasant smell. Origin C19 (in sense whiff of a bad smell ): imitative …   English new terms dictionary

• guff — 1) Food, cleaning supplies, appliances, rooms, etc. that are common to everyone who lives in a (usually co op) house. Also used as a verb or adjective. Non guff refers to private property. Noun: The coat closet is filling up with guff; someone… …   Dictionary of american slang

• guff — 1) Food, cleaning supplies, appliances, rooms, etc. that are common to everyone who lives in a (usually co op) house. Also used as a verb or adjective. Non guff refers to private property. Noun: The coat closet is filling up with guff; someone… …   Dictionary of american slang

• guff — Verb. To break wind, to fart . E.g. What s that awful smell? Has someone guffed in here? Noun. 1. Nonsense. E.g. What absolute nonsense, you re talking guff! 1800s 2. An emission of wind from the anus, a fart …   English slang and colloquialisms

• guff — /gʌf / (say guf) noun Colloquial empty or foolish talk; humbug; nonsense. {US slang (1880s), from Scottish guff puff of wind (imitative); compare Norwegian gofs puff of wind} …  

• guff — 1. noun /ɡʌf/ a) Nonsensical talk or thinking. b) superfluous information. Syn: balls, bull, bulldust, bullshit, crap …   Wiktionary

• guff — UK [ɡʌf] / US noun [uncountable] informal nonsense, or talk that is meant to impress people but has little meaning …   English dictionary