[ UK /ɡˈʌf/ ]
[ US /ˈɡəf/ ]
NOUN
  1. unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
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How To Use guff In A Sentence

  • Paul Williams is a master of talking horseshit, but even a guffer like him finds it hard to fill pages every week with shite sensationalism about the Irish criminal underworld. Irish Blogs
  • This proposal was met with guffaws of laughter from the Labour-dominated committee, which included the then Coun Keith Thomson.
  • The stress marks might seem quaint to us; but McGuffey believed that rhythm and harmony have not only an aesthetic but also a moral value.
  • The author about whom I wrote at the beginning of this piece continues to get guff from the articles written years ago ... Gotcha! Being interviewed by the media
  • Maura let out a nervous guffaw before clapping her hand over her mouth again, keeping her giggles silent.
  • Without waiting for a reply, Mr. McGuffey dropped back into his department and Captain Scraggs, his soul filled with rage and dire forebodings, repaired to the galley, and "candled" four dozen eggs. Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates
  • Billy slapped his knee and guffawed, and he began choking on his pretzel he had shoveled into his mouth. Kari Gremore: An All-American Tea Party
  • It goes on and on, but I didn't want it to end, found myself sitting at the computer snorting and guffawing at the over-the-top shmaltzy spectacularity. 15 Minutes of Bliss
  • As someone who's always found Bob Dylan amusing and kind of absurd, I guffawed (at 3 a.m.; scared the opossums) at Idle's startling transformation into ol 'Uncle Bobby, strummin' and harpin 'and bleatin' nearly incomprehensibly about Brian's theme of "Individuals. Gregory Weinkauf: Not the Messiah: Monty Python Strikes Again!
  • Such a remark ordinarily would deserve no more than a hearty guffaw.
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