"waff" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /wæf/ Forms: waffs [present, singular, third-person], waffing [participle, present], waffed [participle, past], waffed [past]
Rhymes: -æf Head templates: {{en-verb}} waff (third-person singular simple present waffs, present participle waffing, simple past and past participle waffed)
  1. (UK, dialect, archaic, intransitive) To bark; to woof. Tags: UK, archaic, dialectal, intransitive Synonyms: waugh
    Sense id: en-waff-en-verb-K2UE~Xqg Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Scots]

IPA: /waf/, /wɔf/ Forms: waffs [present, singular, third-person], waffin [participle, present], wafft [past], wafft [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English waffe, northern variant of waven, from Old English wafian (“to wave”). Compare also Middle English waf, wayfe (“smell; waft; odour”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|waffe}} Middle English waffe, {{m|enm|waven}} waven, {{inh|sco|ang|wafian|t=to wave}} Old English wafian (“to wave”), {{cog|enm|waf}} Middle English waf, {{m|enm|wayfe|t=smell; waft; odour}} wayfe (“smell; waft; odour”) Head templates: {{head|sco|verbs|third-person singular simple present|waffs|present participle|waffin|simple past|wafft|past participle|wafft|head=}} waff (third-person singular simple present waffs, present participle waffin, simple past wafft, past participle wafft), {{sco-verb}} waff (third-person singular simple present waffs, present participle waffin, simple past wafft, past participle wafft)
  1. to wave, to move to and fro
    Sense id: en-waff-sco-verb-xSOU0WfC Categories (other): Scots entries with incorrect language header

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