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Synonyms for gaff
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : gaf |
Phonetic Transcription : gæf |
Top 10 synonyms for gaff Other synonyms for the word gaff
- accommodation
- accoutrement
- apprehension
- appropriation
- bag
- black box
- blooper
- booby trap
- book
- brace
- bungle
- bust
- captivity
- collar
- commitment
- confinement
- constraint
- contraption
- crimp
- dingbat
- doodad
- doohickey
- drop
- error
- failing
- failure
- fall
- fault
- flub
- fluff
- foible
- foul-up
- frailty
- furnishings
- gaff
- gear
- get
- gimcrack
- gimmick
- gizmo
- glom
- goof
- goof-up
- grab
- grabber
- habiliments
- heat
- hook
- howler
- idiot box
- implement
- imprison
- imprisonment
- imprudence
- incarcerate
- incarceration
- indiscretion
- jail
- jailing
- jigger
- job
- kick
- lapse
- machine
- machinery
- means
- mechanism
- miscue
- misdeed
- misstep
- mistake
- mitt
- muff
- nab
- nail
- negligence
- net
- nick
- nip
- offense
- omission
- outfit
- oversight
- paraphernalia
- pick up
- pickle
- pinch
- preventive custody
- protective custody
- provisions
- pull
- pull in
- put the arm on
- put the cuffs on
- restraining
- round up
- roust
- run in
- screw-up
- secure
- seize
- sequestering
- setup
- sidetrack
- sin
- slip
- slip of the tongue
- slip-up
- snag
- snare
- stuff
- supplies
- sweep
- tab
- tackle
- tag
- take in
- take prisoner
- thingamajig
- tools
- toss in jail
- transgression
- trespass
- trip
- utensils
- vice
- violation
- whatchamacallit
- whatsis
- whosis
- widget
Définition of gaff
Origin :- "iron hook," c.1300, gaffe, from Old French gaffe "boat hook" (see gaffe). Specifically of the hook on a fishing spear from 1650s.
- As in lapse : noun mistake
- As in arrest : noun taking into custody
- As in slip : noun error, goof
- As in apparatus : noun equipment with a purpose
- As in arrest : verb take into authorized custody
- A mainsail carried by a gaff has two halyards, the throat and peak.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- In an hour and five minutes I brought him to gaff—a small fish.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- When Dan lunged with the gaff the tuna made a tremendous splash that deluged us.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- Billy,” the skipper ordered, “get forward with a gaff and keep him off.
- Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan
- Used aboard yachts for bending on the gaff topsail halliards.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
- I'll take the gaff rather than have it said about me that I've lain down on a job.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- The captain got his glass, and climbed up to the gaff of the foresail.
- Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
- Only the whole sail, gaff, boom and all, was not very large.
- Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's » by Laura Lee Hope
- But like all so-called ladders, they could not stand the gaff.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- What flags are these that dumbly droop from the gaff o' the mainmast tall?
- Extract from : « Golden Stars » by Henry Van Dyke
Antonyms for gaff
- accuracy
- achievement
- activate
- activation
- advantage
- behavior
- care
- continuity
- correction
- encourage
- encouragement
- exonerate
- free
- freedom
- kindness
- let go
- letting go
- liberate
- liberation
- loosen
- lose
- misunderstand
- obedience
- perfection
- progress
- refusal
- release
- remembrance
- right
- rise
- strength
- success
- take up
- unfasten
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