Antonyms for gaffe
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gaf |
| Phonetic Transcription : gæf |
Definition of gaffe
Origin :- "blunder," 1909, perhaps from French gaffe "clumsy remark," originally "boat hook," from Middle French gaffe (15c.), from Old Provençal gaf, probably from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *gafa. Sense connection is obscure; the gaff was used to land big fish. Or it may derive from British slang gaff "to cheat, trick" (1893); or gaff "criticism" (1896), from Scottish dialect sense of "loud, rude talk" (see gaff (n.2)).
- noun mistake, goof
- She has been so charming to me that if I make a gaffe she must forgive me.
- Extract from : « Sylvia & Michael » by Compton Mackenzie
- Think what his position would have been if any member of his Embassy had made a "gaffe."
- Extract from : « Letters of a Diplomat's Wife » by Mary King Waddington
Synonyms for gaffe
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