[
UK
/ɡˈæf/
]
[ US /ˈɡæf/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæf/ ]
NOUN
- a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail
- a sharp metal spike or spur that is fastened to the leg of a gamecock
- an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
How To Use gaff In A Sentence
- The gaffer is such a good manager that he is bound to attract interest from bigger clubs.
- The new gaff is now worth 400,000. The Sun
- This was no obvious gaffe as it would have been had it emanated from the lips of George Bush, oh no, this was perhaps a "knowing casualism". Look, Obama just doesn't make gaffes, OK?
- He is disarmingly straightforward about his goofs and gaffes, of which he had plenty during his first go-round.
- Furthermore, a series of strategic gaffs have further badly damaged the already squalid reputation which the industry has earned for itself.
- Some sailing on a friend's Soling and on a wooden, gaff-rigged boat that we've borrowed. Journal for 31 December 1999
- It was an embarrassing gaffe by any standards. Times, Sunday Times
- Shandy Gaff is made with equal parts of beer and ginger ale.
- The gaffer said he'd been fined for not doing the contract on time.
- Both men, though, look set to make bigger names for themselves as gaffers than they did as players.
