"baff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bæf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baff.wav
Rhymes: -æf Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} baff (uncountable)
  1. (Geordie, Scotland) blank Tags: Geordie, Scotland, uncountable
    Sense id: en-baff-en-noun-~3HPdKuz Categories (other): Geordie English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 4 4 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 72 8 6 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 6 4 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /bæf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baff.wav Forms: baffs [present, singular, third-person], baffing [participle, present], baffed [participle, past], baffed [past]
Rhymes: -æf Etymology: From Middle English baffen (“to bark”). Cognate with Dutch baffen (“to bark”), Low German baffen (“to bark”), German baffen, bäfzen (“to bark”), Danish bjæffe (“to yelp”), Swedish bjäbba (“to yelp, bark”). Compare buff, yaff. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|baffen|t=to bark}} Middle English baffen (“to bark”), {{cog|nl|baffen|t=to bark}} Dutch baffen (“to bark”), {{cog|nds|baffen|t=to bark}} Low German baffen (“to bark”), {{cog|de|baffen}} German baffen, {{cog|da|bjæffe|t=to yelp}} Danish bjæffe (“to yelp”), {{cog|sv|bjäbba|t=to yelp, bark}} Swedish bjäbba (“to yelp, bark”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} baff (third-person singular simple present baffs, present participle baffing, simple past and past participle baffed)
  1. (intransitive, archaic) To bark; yelp. Tags: archaic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-baff-en-verb-v3IpyBSN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /bæf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-baff.wav Forms: baffs [present, singular, third-person], baffing [participle, present], baffed [participle, past], baffed [past]
Rhymes: -æf Etymology: Probably from Scots baff, beff, bauf, probably from West Flemish baf, baffe (“a blow, slap in the face”). Compare also Old French baffe (“slap in the face”) (Modern French baffe), of imitative origin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sco|baff}} Scots baff, {{der|en|vls|baf}} West Flemish baf, {{cog|fro|baffe|t=slap in the face}} Old French baffe (“slap in the face”), {{cog|fr|baffe}} French baffe Head templates: {{en-verb}} baff (third-person singular simple present baffs, present participle baffing, simple past and past participle baffed)
  1. To hit or strike, especially with something flat or soft.
    Sense id: en-baff-en-verb-XwQedazo
  2. (golf) To strike the ground with the bottom of the club when taking a stroke. Categories (topical): Golf
    Sense id: en-baff-en-verb-dNSAqYD- Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: baffed out, baffy
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.