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guff
(gŭf)n. Slang
1. Nonsense; baloney.
2. Insolent talk; back talk.
[Perhaps imitative.]
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guff
(ɡʌf)n
slang ridiculous or insolent talk
[C19: imitative of empty talk; compare dialect Norwegian gufs puff of wind]
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guff
(gʌff)n.
1. nonsense.
2. insolence.
[1815–25; perhaps imitative]
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| Noun | 1. | guff - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) Irish bull, crap, bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" |
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guff
noun (Informal) nonsense, rubbish, balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), humbug, drivel, tripe (informal), moonshine, hogwash, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (S. African taboo slang), empty talk, tommyrot, horsefeathers (U.S. slang), bunkum or buncombe (chiefly U.S.) These commercials are all guff.
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