[ UK /ɡˈæf/ ]
[ US /ˈɡæf/ ]
NOUN
  1. a socially awkward or tactless act
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How To Use gaffe In A Sentence

  • The gaffer is such a good manager that he is bound to attract interest from bigger clubs.
  • 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.
  • It was an embarrassing gaffe by any standards. Times, Sunday Times
  • 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.
  • It looked ominous for Blues' new gaffer with five minutes on the clock. The Sun
  • And Joe Biden is going to make some kind of gaffed and the Republicans are going to try to use it against them. CNN Transcript Oct 2, 2008
  • The gaffer made me captain at the start of the season and I want to be back out there helping the lads get back up the league.
  • He didn't realize what a gaffe he'd made.
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