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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blaff

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
blaff
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to bark

Obsolete

Etymology

17th century, from Dutch blaffen.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

blaffs (present, singular) blaffing (participle, present) blaffed (participle, past) blaffed (past)

Questions

What does blaff mean?
to bark
Where does blaff come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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