Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

goff

/ɡˈɔf/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables: goff
IPA: /ɡˈɔf/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete form of golf (“ball game”).

Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A fool; a clown.

Obsolete

noun

Synonym of bump (“sudden movement of underground strata”).

name

name

A minor city in Nemaha County, Kansas, United States.

Example Sentences

"Forester soon took an aversion to the game of goff, and recollected Scotch reels with less contempt."
"He calls the bishop Grey-beard Goff, And makes his power a mere scoff."

Etymology

Compare French goffe (“ill-made, awkward”), Italian goffo, Spanish gofo, German dialect Goff (“a blockhead”).

Origin

Source language: Welsh

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

goffs (plural)

Derived Forms

Goffs

Synonyms

bump

Rhymes With

off one-off jerk-off bake-off trough gough scoff hoff groff toff shroff doff

Questions

How do you pronounce goff?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈɔf/.
What does goff mean?: Obsolete form of golf (“ball game”).
Where does goff come from?: It is traced to Welsh.

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