Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Nonsense; baloney.
- noun Insolent talk; back talk.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An oaf or fool.
- noun Idle or foolish talk; stuff.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A ludicrously false statment.
- noun Insolent or disrespectful talk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun informal
Nonsensical talk or thinking. - noun informal
Superfluous information . - noun informal
Insolent or otherwiseunacceptable remarks . - verb slang To
break wind . - verb slang To
mislead .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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I got permission to do so years ago from my then PT, a former commando, who usually took no guff from the likes of me, but insisted that training when ill was ridiculous.
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For Moon, it seems, has had quite enough guff from the Speech Warriors ™, and he wasted no time seizing his opportunity to be heard.
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He pokes fun at the Citizen's Charter, yet the only ideas which enthuse him are some guff from the Duke of Edinburgh about the importance of team sports.
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The author about whom I wrote at the beginning of this piece continues to get guff from the articles written years ago ...
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And I never get any guff from the parents, want to know why? because the parents are never there.
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The new game, which does away with the renaissance fair and 3D moniker guff and is instead simply dubbed Wolfenstein, is headed to the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC platforms.
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Tornello has been called guff, humble, an old-fashioned dad.
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Tornello has been called guff, humble, an old-fashioned dad.
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I LOVE the fact Hillary Clinton is not taking any "guff" from anyone.
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My take was that a child, growing up in that community, listening to that "guff" every Sunday, would literally be programmed with contempt for "whitey".
mikeropology commented on the word guff
It's also a term the Talmud uses to refer to the repository of all unborn souls. Literally, the word "guff" means "body."
Kinda ironic when you consider the two meanings.. (purity v. falsity)
February 1, 2008
mollusque commented on the word guff
Pronounced more like "goof" in Hebrew, and often transliterated as "guf".
February 2, 2008
yarb commented on the word guff
In parts of the UK, to fart. Or as a noun.
May 14, 2008
bilby commented on the word guff
Scots - stench, smell.
August 2, 2008