Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bruff

/bɹˈʌf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables: bruff
IPA: /bɹˈʌf/

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in County Limerick, Ireland.

name

noun

Alternative form of brough (“halo around the sun or moon”)

Example Sentences

"One of the men thinks we are going to have a storm, and points to the "bruff" round the sun. Sure enough , there is a broken ring of angry ominous-looking clouds encircling the sun; his face appears dimmed, and a sultriness prevails."
"[…] the moon, as the orb shines through the haze, 'A far off bruff Is a storm near enough'[,] that is, when the halo appears in advance of the moon, like a fore-frame. The larger the bruff, the nearer the storm; or, […]"

Etymology

Variant of Brough.

Inflected Forms

Bruffs (plural)

Rhymes With

enough stuff tough rough buff bluff puff cuff duff fluff snuff huff

Questions

How do you pronounce bruff?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɹˈʌf/.
What does bruff mean?: A town in County Limerick, Ireland.
Where does bruff come from?: Variant of Brough.

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