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- Dictionaryboff/bɒf/
verb
- 1. have sex with (someone).
- 2. hit (someone).
noun
- 1. an act or instance of having sex.
- 2. a blow or punch.
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noun. ˈbäf. variants or boffo. ˈbä- (ˌ)fō. plural boffs or boffos. 1. : a hearty laugh. 2. : a gag or line that produces a hearty laugh. 3. : something that is conspicuously successful : hit. Synonyms. Noun. belly laugh. boffola. cachinnation. cackle. chortle. chuckle. giggle. guffaw.
boff noun 1 & adjective. Factsheet. Etymology. Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the word boff mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word boff. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English. See meaning & use.
Boff definition: A line in a play or film, for example, that elicits a big laugh.
n. Slang. 1. A line in a play or film, for example, that elicits a big laugh: "He doesn't go for the big boffs, artificially inflated, but lets his comedy build through a leisurely accumulation of bizarre details" (Vincent Canby). 2. A big laugh. 3. A conspicuous success. Also called boffo, boffola. [Probably from b (ox) off (ice).] boff 2.
a. a loud, hearty laugh. b. a joke, incident in a play, etc. meant to produce such a laugh. 2. a play, song, etc. that is a great popular success; hit. Also bofˈfola (bəˈfoʊlə ) Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
noun A big laugh. noun A conspicuous success. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English. noun (Theater) a hearty laugh. noun (Theater) a joke or gag line that produces hearty laughter. noun (Theater) something very successful, especially a box-office hit.
a joke or humorous line producing hearty laughter. a loud hearty laugh; belly laugh. verb (used with object) to cause to be overcome with laughter. to hit; strike. boff. / bɒf / noun. informal. short for boffin.
Sep 16, 2024 · boff (third-person singular simple present boffs, present participle boffing, simple past and past participle boffed) to have sexual intercourse (with someone)
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun boff. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in British English.
The earliest known use of the noun boff is in the 1940s. OED's earliest evidence for boff is from 1945. boff is formed within English, by clipping or shortening.
