gaff
/ɡæf/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.
noun
A trick or con.
noun
A type of tight, panty-like underwear worn to hold the penis and testicles tucked backwards and make one's genital region look smooth, as if one had a vulva.
verb
To use a gaff, especially to land a fish.
Example Sentences
- "When Leonard finally hauls up a cod of seventy-five centimeters, probably seven years old, a typical catch ten years ago, they all joke, "Oh my God, get the gaff!""
- "We politely ignored his gaff."
- "The sideshow feat was just a gaff, but the audience was too proud to admit they'd been fooled."
- "This may sound strange to readers who know little about nudes but many female impersonators, or femme-mimics, work au naturel—except for a gaff, a bra, body makeup, jewelry, and a wig (on their head). See! Semi-nude!!"
- "Sissy maids may be required to wear a gaff to disguise the male genitals, and a dominant may wish a slave to wear it on a daily basis."
- "Vicky is a pre-operative MTF transsexual […] Wearing feminine underwear over her gaff in bed helps her to redefine her absence of female genitalia during sex (sexuality) in terms of it being her 'time of the month', as she jokes to Sean [her first boyfriend]."