- foolish talk; nonsense
- brash or insolent talk
Origin of guff
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guff
noun
Slang- Nonsense; baloney.
- Insolent talk; back talk.
Origin of guff
Perhaps imitativeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(uncountable)
- (informal) Nonsensical talk or thinking.
- (informal) Superfluous information.
- (informal) Insolent or otherwise unacceptable remarks.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present guffs, present participle guffing, simple past and past participle guffed)
- (slang) To break wind.
- (slang) To mislead.
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