Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - gaff
Gaff
gaff
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a stick with an iron hook for landing large fish. b a barbed fishing-spear. 2 a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent. --v.tr. seize (a fish) with a gaff. Etymology: ME f. Prov. gaf hook 2. n. Brit. sl. Phrases and idioms blow the gaff let out a plot or secret. Etymology: 19th c., = nonsense: orig. unkn.
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I. noun Etymology: French ~e, from Occitan gaf Date: circa 1656 1. a spear or spearhead for taking fish or turtles, a handled hook for holding or lifting heavy fish, a metal spur for a gamecock, a butcher's hook, a climbing iron or its steel point used by a telephone lineman, the spar on which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is extended, ~e, II. transitive verb Date: 1844 to strike or secure with a ~, to fit (a gamecock) with a ~, III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1812 a cheap theater or music hall, IV. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1896 1. something painful or difficult to bear ; ordeal, rough treatment ; abuse, 2. hoax, fraud, gimmick, trick, V. transitive verb Date: 1933 deceive, trick, to fix for the purpose of cheating ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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