graff
/ɡɹæf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.80 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Truly, said Pantagruel, if I live to go home--which I hope will be speedily, God willing--I'll set off and graff some in my garden in Touraine, by the banks of the Loire, and will call them bon-Christian or good-Christian pears, for I never saw better Christians than are these good Papimans."
- "For where men look for fruit they graff the tree, And study still the rising plant to train; And artist uses to refine the gold Designed by him the precious gem to hold."
- "Just two days ago, I had graffed a piece with my crew and went to Sunrise High School."
- "There’s nothing like heat in this light. There’s only what I’m graffing—the swirls and orbs and flecks and tags, the pictures I’m making for Stefan."
- "Whilst living in Squatopolis, I remember returning home with a bag of sweaty skip, and finding him graffing a huge piece on to one wall: the squat logo being smashed with a fist surrounded by the words “Better Let Homes Rot Than Squat”."
- "Were I not hooked-up, and old enough to be her father, I'd be stalking Alyssa Rosenberg because of the following graff:[…]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɡɹæf/
- British English: /ɡɹɑːf/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Mathematics.