"boff" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɒf/ [US] Audio: En-au-boff.ogg [Australia] Forms: boffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒf Head templates: {{en-noun}} boff (plural boffs)
  1. (entertainment, slang) A big laugh. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-boff-en-noun-HElsVIe7 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle
  2. (entertainment, slang) A line in a film etc that elicits such a laugh. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-boff-en-noun-jAP~6p6x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 46 9 15 2 11 2 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle
  3. (entertainment, slang) A great success; a hit. Tags: slang Synonyms: boffo, clicko
    Sense id: en-boff-en-noun-W0VjgDeV Topics: entertainment, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bauf
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /bɒf/ [US] Audio: En-au-boff.ogg [Australia] Forms: boffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒf Etymology: Shortened from boffin? Etymology templates: {{m|en|boffin}} boffin Head templates: {{en-noun}} boff (plural boffs)
  1. (slang, derogatory) A pupil who works hard; a swot. Tags: derogatory, slang
    Sense id: en-boff-en-noun-WwPmlIR0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /bɒf/ [US] Audio: En-au-boff.ogg [Australia] Forms: boffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒf Etymology: Imitative. Head templates: {{en-noun}} boff (plural boffs)
  1. (slang) A hit or smack. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-boff-en-noun-Veitw9gk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɒf/ [US] Audio: En-au-boff.ogg [Australia] Forms: boffs [present, singular, third-person], boffing [participle, present], boffed [participle, past], boffed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒf Head templates: {{en-verb}} boff (third-person singular simple present boffs, present participle boffing, simple past and past participle boffed)
  1. (slang) to have sexual intercourse (with someone) Tags: slang Synonyms: copulate, copulate with
    Sense id: en-boff-en-verb-~C14JD~S
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bauf
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɒf/ [US] Audio: En-au-boff.ogg [Australia] Forms: boffs [present, singular, third-person], boffing [participle, present], boffed [participle, past], boffed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒf Etymology: Imitative. Head templates: {{en-verb}} boff (third-person singular simple present boffs, present participle boffing, simple past and past participle boffed)
  1. (slang, transitive) To hit; to strike. Tags: slang, transitive Derived forms: boffer
    Sense id: en-boff-en-verb-JqJZzdGF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        [
          "pupil",
          "pupil"
        ],
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          "swot",
          "swot"
        ]
      ],
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        "(slang, derogatory) A pupil who works hard; a swot."
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/bɒf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-boff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/En-au-boff.ogg/En-au-boff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/En-au-boff.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boff"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒf",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒf/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "boffer"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "Imitative.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boffs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boffing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boffed",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "boffed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014, Waverly Curtis, The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice, page 135",
          "text": "[…] something he'd found out the hard way when he was dating Kimberly Haney back in high school and her brother, Chad, big linebacker on the Roosevelt Roughriders football team, had taken exception and boffed him upside the head.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To hit; to strike."
      ],
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        [
          "hit",
          "hit"
        ],
        [
          "strike",
          "strike"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, transitive) To hit; to strike."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɒf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-boff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/En-au-boff.ogg/En-au-boff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/En-au-boff.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boff"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒf",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒf/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_text": "Imitative.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "boffs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "boff (plural boffs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1937, Damon Runyon, A Piece of Pie",
          "text": "I am paying no attention to them, because they are drinking local ale, and talking loud, and long ago I learn that when a Boston character is engaged in aleing himself up, it is a good idea to let him alone, because the best you can get out of him is maybe a boff on the beezer.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hit or smack."
      ],
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        "(slang) A hit or smack."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/bɒf/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒf"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-boff.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/En-au-boff.ogg/En-au-boff.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/En-au-boff.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
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}

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