"coff" meaning in English

See coff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /kɒf/ Forms: coffs [present, singular, third-person], coffing [participle, present], coffed [participle, past], coffed [past], coft [participle, past], coft [past]
Etymology: Attested from the 15th century. Likely from Scots coft, or from Middle Dutch or other Germanic cofte. Compare German kaufen. Etymology templates: {{der|en|sco|coft}} Scots coft, {{der|en|dum|-}} Middle Dutch, {{cog|de|kaufen}} German kaufen Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=coft}} coff (third-person singular simple present coffs, present participle coffing, simple past and past participle coffed or coft)
  1. (Scotland, transitive) To buy, purchase. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-coff-en-verb-3eAR1ED0 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /kɒf/, /kɔf/ Forms: coffs [present, singular, third-person], coffing [participle, present], coffed [participle, past], coffed [past]
Etymology: See cough Head templates: {{en-verb}} coff (third-person singular simple present coffs, present participle coffing, simple past and past participle coffed)
  1. Eye dialect spelling of cough. Tags: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Alternative form of: cough
    Sense id: en-coff-en-verb-rdtT1pw- Categories (other): English eye dialect
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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